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Axeman Jim posted:They have lots of coal, not much oil, and cheap labour, which makes steam very economical compared to the alternatives. Even now the emphasis is on electrification rather than dieselisation because an electric locomotive in a country like China is basically a steam turbine engine with a very elaborate transmission. Yeah, but what's the over/under on a trainload of Chinese folks starving to death in a tunnel because maintenance de-energized the line and then spent a month thinking about it before they started work?
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thebigcow posted:The Mrs is better during the day if she uses the machine but she always wakes up after 3-4 hours and pulls it off. Tell me more about your sex life.
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Head on at Granger UPRR http://sweetwaternow.com/breaking-train-wreck-near-tronox/
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FRA proposed Two Man Crew ruling http://www.fra.dot.gov/eLib/details/L17369
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B4Ctom1 posted:FRA proposed Two Man Crew ruling It's going to be so much fun watching the railroads cry "but... but... my PTC!" in trying to justify not making this a rule.
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yea drat those corporations trying to justify the multi-billion dollar ptc programs they've had to develop and implement. i'm agnostic on the subject but its silly to get pissed off at a corporation for wanting some return on their investment. that's kind of how capitalism works.
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MassivelyBuckNegro posted:yea drat those corporations trying to justify the multi-billion dollar ptc programs they've had to develop and implement. But is PTC about reducing crew size, or is it about enhancing safety on the railroad lines? Disclaimer: IANA railroader.
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Pigsfeet on Rye posted:But is PTC about reducing crew size, or is it about enhancing safety on the railroad lines? Disclaimer: IANA railroader. PTC is obviously not about reducing crew size, as it is a government mandate. however, the technology automates some functions that a conductor performs currently on road trains. in either case, that isn't my point. my point is that its silly to expect a company to invest multi-billions into a project without a return. you could make the argument that they're saving money by reducing the rate of accidents related to excessive speed or failure to properly react to signals. but, that isn't quantifiable until some time has passed.
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The PTC mandate wasn't about saving money, it's about preserving the lives of the train crew and those in the communities they roll through. Having less preventable wrecks to clean up and pay for is a side benefit, but it's not the goal. It's the railroads' right to use their investment in PTC to their advantage as much as they can, and I think it would help a lot with network utilization. But running single man crews and using it as a type of pressure relief valve to bang against is dangerous. It would be like automakers petitioning for relaxed crash standards on cars with auto brakes installed. e: I agree with your point MBN, and I agree it's a ton of money to spend on something that has no clear way of generating profit. My point is, the railroad is an industry that by nature has an extremely high amount of public exposure, and it's the government's angle to protect the public. As draconian as it sounds, it's the government's country and they're letting the railroads operate in it. It's definitely a huge financial pain in the rear end to go above and beyond century-old business practices for public benefit (see: the coal industry) but it's silly to expect the government to care whether your business makes a dollar or a dime while implementing their rules. NoWake fucked around with this message at 07:58 on Mar 18, 2016 |
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IPCRESS posted:Yeah, but what's the over/under on a trainload of Chinese folks starving to death in a tunnel because maintenance de-energized the line and then spent a month thinking about it before they started work? im curious as to where this sentiment comes from. Say what you may about China and its government but their rail system is world class.
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GlassEye-Boy posted:im curious as to where this sentiment comes from. Say what you may about China and its government but their rail system is world class. It was hyperbole, but stems from last week's report of a woman found starved to death in an elevator, with mangled hands and claw marks all over the doors. Maintenance had shut it down a month prior without checking to see if it was occupied.
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NoWake posted:It was hyperbole, but stems from last week's report of a woman found starved to death in an elevator, with mangled hands and claw marks all over the doors. Maintenance had shut it down a month prior without checking to see if it was occupied.  Yikes well that's certainly frightening
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Clang. Sure that'll buff out.
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad posted:Clang. Noooooo! They're so pretty those 
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A Backhoe has been the latest victim against non steerable trains. http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/03/us/philadelphia-amtrak-derailment/index.html
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JuffoWup posted:A Backhoe has been the latest victim against non steerable trains. Must have fouled the track with the boom?
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad posted:Clang. well they were due to be repainted in the green livery anyway
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Now I want to see what that'd look like with tank treads. Or monster truck wheels. Get The Onion on that stat!
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meltie posted:Noooooo! They're so pretty those It's only a fiberglass nose to just behind the cab doors, all the frame structure sits back a bit from the actual front. Time to dust off the moulds again....
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InterceptorV8 posted:Must have fouled the track with the boom? Back hoes are made from steel as thick, or thicker, than a lot of locomotive components. I would think the wheels could ride up on a lot of the debris.
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Canadian train (47 cars) missing - article has link to audio.
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Wilford Cutlery posted:Canadian train (47 cars) missing - article has link to audio. The article is from last year but some quick googling doesn't bring up any sort of resolution to this. Did they seriously never find the train? edit: oh it appears to have been some kind of prank. I hate april fools. http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/satire-alert-canadian-rail-47-car-train-not-missing
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Yeah, "This is That" is a satirical program, and a hilarious one at that because they are so deadpan about it. I mean the top headline on their CBC page right now is how the federal government is going to spend millions to baby-proof the House of Commons.
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The crash in Germany was seems to have been due to a dispatcher playing candy crush or whatever http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/14/world/europe/bavaria-germany-train-crash.html
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MrChips posted:Yeah, "This is That" is a satirical program, and a hilarious one at that because they are so deadpan about it. I mean the top headline on their CBC page right now is how the federal government is going to spend millions to baby-proof the House of Commons. Man, the Conservatives are really serious about bringing in new blood.
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad posted:The crash in Germany was seems to have been due to a dispatcher playing candy crush or whatever http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/14/world/europe/bavaria-germany-train-crash.html It mentions autobrake systems were installed after 2011, why didn't those do anything?
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CharlesM posted:It mentions autobrake systems were installed after 2011, why didn't those do anything? They only activate at signals. From reading wikipedia, it sounds like the dispatcher let one of the trains pass a signal at stop/danger while another train was already traveling full speed on the block ahead.
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Thanks to Axeman Jim's knowledge dumps I know now what this monstrosity was that British Leyland tried to peddle off to Philadelphia in the '80s.
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I saw these stickers someone made on a locomotive, not sure if I posted them already:
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B4Ctom1 posted:Check out picture 28. This link is supposed to go to it, but it might not. You might have to scroll. Those are all great images. #27 is pretty hilarious though.
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B4Ctom1 posted:Check out picture 28. This link is supposed to go to it, but it might not. You might have to scroll. Those really are some amazing images. 20 and 21 really drive home how huge of a disaster that was.
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