Your vision sounds like a jobs program today. Guarantee few if any people take the job seriously and instead spend it on their phone. What’s the pay rate for people who don’t see home every night? Why is a CCD camera bad again?
“Get rid of traffic lights and hire crossing guards because technology bad!”
one of the other threads said that the train operators called in a "hotbox" on fire, and that it's common that occurs and routine to push on with this condition.
Unfortunately fairly common. Maintenance being what it is, they just say "false reading," and push on. It's just like you ignoring your Check Engine light because you think you know it's a malfunctioning sensor, and your car's still running and rolling along.
Sure, but just not TWENTY -- unless it was all downhill, which I tend to doubt is possible in Ohio. Anyone know of a 15-mile railroad downslope in the state?
You mean a conductor asleep in the caboose while bearings fail and trains derail?
Trains used to derail far more frequently before electronic defect detectors were introduced and humans who were supposed to do the job got replaced.
Your vision sounds like a jobs program today. Guarantee few if any people take the job seriously and instead spend it on their phone. What’s the pay rate for people who don’t see home every night? Why is a CCD camera bad again?
“Get rid of traffic lights and hire crossing guards because technology bad!”
Cabooses were replaced with a FRED.
Flashing Rear End Device
I think Jussie's Wallet, Adam Scitferbrains, Paul Pelosi and Eric Swallowell all have those
And a lot of the railroads are trying to get rid of conductors and just have the engineer alone working the train
one of the other threads said that the train operators called in a "hotbox" on fire, and that it's common that occurs and routine to push on with this condition.
Unfortunately fairly common. Maintenance being what it is, they just say "false reading," and push on. It's just like you ignoring your Check Engine light because you think you know it's a malfunctioning sensor, and your car's still running and rolling along.
Poor analogy. The Check Engine light is only related to emissions. Nothing else. It's perfectly fine, mechanically speaking, to drive with the CEL on.
Plus, it can take miles to stop a fully loaded freight train depending on the speed of travel/total load weight.
Sure, but just not TWENTY -- unless it was all downhill, which I tend to doubt is possible in Ohio. Anyone know of a 15-mile railroad downslope in the state?
Yes. You are correct.
Just like when you are manning the RADAR station in Hawaii as tensions rise with Japan in 1941.
standard operating procedure. - Chief Conductor Homer J Simpson.
Just normal procedure according to one of our anons who lives there.