German Trains crash head on, several fatalities.
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From New York Times report . No clues yet as to cause. See also Deutsche Welle report.
"head on crash" inexcusable.
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According the the Guardian, the line had some sort of version of PTC:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/09/bavaria-train-crash-german-police-report-deaths-and-injuries
"State-owned Deutsche Bahn is responsible for the track. The line has a system that makes a train brake automatically if it goes through a red light."
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/09/bavaria-train-crash-german-police-report-deaths-and-injuries
"State-owned Deutsche Bahn is responsible for the track. The line has a system that makes a train brake automatically if it goes through a red light."
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Sounds like Santa Fe style ATS and not full PTC.
Sad indeed!
Be interesting to see if human error or mechanical failure is the main cause! PTC is not always a "Fail Safe" sure thing!
Be interesting to see if human error or mechanical failure is the main cause! PTC is not always a "Fail Safe" sure thing!
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Very often human ingenuity trumps all attempts to protect things. For example on the Detroit Line in ITCS territory a human forgot to reset the system to automatic in a signal cabinet causing a train to get routed onto a siding and derail even though it had clear signal.
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