Posted on 12/20/2017 6:17:31 AM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
It’s kinda right out of Atlas Shrugged.
Wasn’t Curt Cobain from there?................
What were they doing ? I am guessing one of them was blowing the whistle. I mean after all danger did lie ahead.
Actually, he was from Aberdeen, on the coast.
In another report: “””There were two people in the cab of the train at the time of the crash, the engineer and an in-training conductor who was familiarizing himself with the route, Dinh-Zarr said.”””
So we know the conductor was genderly known as a male.
Given this accident occurred near the leftist capital of Washington State, the actual sex of the person could be male or female.
Names not released. Wonder why?
So it’s been a couple days and I’ve seen no names or photos of who was running the train. I guess it’s the train’s fault.
From another report: “”The bypass underwent testing by Sound Transit and Amtrak beginning in January and at least until July, according to documents on the Washington Department of Transportation website.””
https://www.yahoo.com/news/deadly-train-derailment-silence-then-screams-081821524.html
DRAIN THE SWAMP!!!!!
Yep, could be a very femmy millennial male. Though the AA NTSB spokesman could already be covering.
I bet it will be a woman when revealed.
A simple GPS-based system wouldn't work because the speed limit on a particular stretch of track might be 30 mph under normal circumstances, but it would be 0 in other conditions (i.e., the train shouldn't even be there if there is already another train on that section of track).
Now take that complexity and multiply it exponentially because the systems have to be interoperable between multiple railroads if they share sections of track. This covers most of the country where AMTRAK operates on private freight railroad rights-of-way.
In my early working career, I had an opportunity to intern with the old N&W railroad. The locomotive engineer operated under a strict set of written "train orders" for the route and specific train. Extreme discipline was required as the trains were monitored by on board recorders, Central Traffic Control and interlocking manned towers. I guess like anything else over the last forty years, professionalism and job performance standards have deteriorated to accommodate social justice.
A female? The recording I heard was a male. Or somebody with a seriously husky voice.
Maybe she USED to be a male...
“The speed control mechanism would be relatively cheap if all it did was control speed”
Interesting. Thanks.
Isn’t there already a “block” system that uses visible semaphores to tell engineers if the track ahead is free? Of course that’s no good anymore because it relies on the engineer looking at them. But the mechanisms for actuating the semaphores should still be usable ... but what do I know?
Do you think terrorists will take an interest in derailing trains?
Are they gay?..................
If so the public will NEVER EVER EVER EVER be told the truth about this accident.
The grab ass theory seems plausible. A female conductor.
Well, “two heads are better than one.”
Is that a joke?
Commuter airlines flying fewer passengers per plane have a pilot and a co-pilot.
Why not have two engineers on a train?
Sorry, what was I thinking? That would invite more grab-ass and more chance for accidents.
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