Santa Fe Sucks wrote:Noel Weaver wrote:Santa Fe Sucks wrote:Noel Weaver wrote:
HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT THE CREW DID NOT LINE THE SWITCH BACK
FOR THE MAIN????? In my days on the railroad in the course of an
investigation for an incident of this nature, the company officials did not
prejudge something serious.
I'm not prejudging either. All I offered was the simplest solution, but I guess you'd rather turn this into an internet flaming contest.
Are you part of management?, or are you
some one just guessing? Whatever the case, your comments are disgusting.
How is suggesting that crew follow the current rules disgusting?
My guess is that you are some "know it all railfan" who has NO connection with any railroad.
Yeah really, what do I know? I only work for one.
Back quite a few years ago to my firing days, I was in an accident
involving an open switch. Don't take it personally, I just do not like to see
someone prejudge a very unfortunate incident with heavy damage and
major loss of life until the authorities have come to a conclusion.
OH, YES, I was luck, outside of a shaking up, I was not injured but I could
have been. The one I was involved in also involved a passenger train and
the results could have been a lot worse than they were.
In their haste to cut costs, the railroads have often removed safety
devices such as distant switch signals, automatic block signals and other
apparatus. Penn Central, years ago, was no stranger to that tatic,
anything to reduce costs, they did not really care about safety for their
crews. Only try to "bag" someone everytime something went wrong which
in the case of Penn Central in the early 1970's was quite frequently.
I don't know if you have experienced anything of this nature or not but
you have to experience it to appreciate what I am saying here.
My HEART goes out to all of the families involved in this terrible loss.
Noel Weaver