Accidents and immunity?

Was recently involved in another crossing accident and engine was not equipped with a camera----nobody got hurt---we just tore the heck out of a small yatcht that was stuck on the track---------had a Road foreman of engines come out to download the engine. I asked him about if a camera had been on the engine ---how it operates----he said that they start recording when the wheel's start to roll and stop recording 5 minutes after the engine stops moving. I dont believe they use the camera to test for rollby's compliance-----I believe the weed weasel's may be out.

Well, I presume the train passing the guys would record if the conductor was on the ground or not. Not just the camera on the unit that was sitting in the hole.

Here is a link of the camera on the UP units. Although the webpage says it is made by Honeywell, the UP cameras are labeled Silent Witness, model # V60BB6060.

http://www.internet-security-inc.com/ca ... _id=475849

I love how the website says it has been installed in locomotives

"Multipurpose

The V60 has been installed in schools, office complexes, hotels, casinos, restaurants - even on school buses and inside railroad locomotives "

And here is the DVR in the nose of the cab that captures and retains I believe up to 60 hours of video/audio before re-recording over itself, very similar to the type used by the airline industry for their CVR/FDR's including hardened metal to protect the information in the event of an incident. Reading further about the technology it can be tied into other parameters of the locomotive such as the GPS providing location/date/time as well.

http://wabtec.com/main/product.asp?id=3 ... 2=products

http://www.progressiverailroading.com/f ... sp?id=7242