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The rest of the story is here.The state of Missouri is considering an offer from a St. Joseph company to take over Amtrak's passenger rail service from Kansas City to St. Louis.
The rest of the story is here.The state of Missouri is considering an offer from a St. Joseph company to take over Amtrak's passenger rail service from Kansas City to St. Louis.
Well that's what the deadman’s feature is for, to stop a train whose engineer has been incapacitated.battalion51 said:It bothers myself and a quite a few of my friends that there is no AC or Fireman on these trains, what happens to this commuter that's running at 79 MPH if the Engineer has a heart attack? You plow into a car or another freakin train because you dont see a stop signal. This is just one failing of te private industry, I'm sure there are many more out there.
On the other hand if that where the crew is, I have to wonder what happens to a passenger having a heart attack or similar life-threatening problem.battalion51 said:The only crew on board is a Conductor, Engineer, and ocasionally a security guard. The crew has a tendancy to stay in the cab car on the north end of the train (except for when the Engineer walks through to move to either the cab car or engine (but this is almost always done when no passengers are on board).
Wait wait, am I having visions of Boston?On the other hand if that where the crew is, I have to wonder what happens to a passenger having a heart attack or similar life-threatening problem.
Hey it could sadly happen anywhere at anytime. So it has to be something that any transit company worries about.battalion51 said:Wait wait, am I having visions of Boston?On the other hand if that where the crew is, I have to wonder what happens to a passenger having a heart attack or similar life-threatening problem.
Yes, and besides, that's the way Amtrak has been doing it for a while anyway. Not to mention commuter companies like our Metra.AlanB said:Well that's what the deadman’s feature is for, to stop a train whose engineer has been incapacitated.battalion51 said:It bothers myself and a quite a few of my friends that there is no AC or Fireman on these trains, what happens to this commuter that's running at 79 MPH if the Engineer has a heart attack? You plow into a car or another freakin train because you dont see a stop signal. This is just one failing of te private industry, I'm sure there are many more out there.
Well again, the City of NOL runs with just an engineer and no fireman out of NOL. It leaves at 1:55 PM and the first crew change comes at Jackson, MS. The train arrives there at 5:44, which except for a few months in the winter is not after dark.battalion51 said:I would say it's safe to say most primarily daylight routes on the intercity system run with a Fireman. But when you think about it, it should be the other way around since accidents are more likely to occur at night.
Wait now, remember this post that Alan made...But I guarantee that there is NO Asst. Engineer (a.k.a. fireman) about 90-95% of the time. The only exceptions are the states that have ruled that there must be one...which are not many.
I also seem to recall either Arizona or New Mexico trying to sue Amtrak to force them to have an engineer and a fireman when traveling through their state. The courts told them that they have no jurisdiction over the RR and that only the FRA can enforce such a rule.
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