by gokeefe
I recall reading that it was an aesthetic choice related to having a jet liner type cabin experience.
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Ridgefielder wrote:It's my understanding she actually surpassed regulations.DutchRailnut wrote:same argument , Ships need to carry sufficient lifeboats (by law) so would you take a cruise on a ship that only had half or non.Just to drive this point home: RMS Titanic was equipped with exactly the number and type of lifeboats that were required by existing regulations at the time of her launch. Loss of the vessel in mid-ocean caused the regulations to be re-written.
same with window issue on trains and buses, rules change and the carriers will have too comply the argument about past accidents is moot, and no one can guarantee that no other accidents will happen.
DutchRailnut wrote:Sounds like great rumor, but Commuter coaches in North East had same small side windows, the Pullman's the Bombardiers and even the Arrows.The Silverliner III was an exception with large windows. Unsure if this was by the builder (St. Louis Car) or PSIC which ordered the cars in 1965, but likely latter since the contemporary Arrow I had small windows.
ExCon90 wrote:And I think the A-1's date from the original Metroliners; they were certainly aiming for something like the airline experience. Of course the airline experience back then was different from today.The Metroliner was intended to compete with the Eastern Shuttle.
Kurt wrote:Is there any standard in respect to how strong the mounting of the window to the car body is? If I recall correctly, in the 2013 Metro North crash at Spuyten Duyvil, at least two of the four fatalities was found to have been ejected out of the windows of the Shoreliner coaches. How would a larger window remain intact if the current smaller windows came out under those forces?Remember the emergency windows are supposed to pop out like string mozzarella by design when the gasket is ripped. The gasket gets harder as the rubber ages and has a limited life compared to the railcar. If the handle rips off the rubber without spliting the gasket, that is a failure (AKA window stays in place). A sharp hit by a flying body or a fireman axe should pop the glass/lexan.
mtuandrew wrote: I’m seeing that Amtrak should mark “Cut Here” panels for emergency access on their Amfleet Is and Metroliner cabs. Somewhere there isn’t a lot of stress (I’m aware it’s a partial monocoque design), where there aren’t many ducts or wires, and where it’s thin enough for Jaws of Life to cut successfully. AMTK Mechanical should have enough original plans to select appropriate places.Chase and Frankford both indicating the problem of emergency access from the Amfleets. Being based on a fuselage shell, of course where airline passengers would not evacuate through windows!