by kilroy
My ride home last night from WTC to Newark took one hour. First the conductor played with the doors for five minutes or so before we left. Once underway we were fine until we were held at Journal for about five minutes. Station announcements said there were equipment problems that were causing ten-minute delays. We sat there for five minutes and then departed. We were held just before the bridge over the Passaic River for about fifteen minutes due to signal problems. (We were told the signal department was working on the signals, when they finally got around to telling us what was going on.) We then crept over the bridge and stopped on the other side for 5-8 minutes. We then continued at track speed to Newark.
Had they gotten the doors closed the first time and there not been any signal problems, I had a shot of making the 10:05 PM out of Newark. Instead, I ended up on the 11:00 PM.
My question (and I know I'm not a good railfan for not knowing this already) could the dispatcher given the train a Form D to advance past the problem signals or is there an FRA regulation preventing PATH from doing that?
If there is no regulation preventing it is there a policy at PATH not to do Form Ds? Or is the dispatcher lazy or poorly trained or out to make everyone miserable?
With ten-minute headways, I would think they could still run safely with the railroad dark. Am I missing something?
Had they gotten the doors closed the first time and there not been any signal problems, I had a shot of making the 10:05 PM out of Newark. Instead, I ended up on the 11:00 PM.
My question (and I know I'm not a good railfan for not knowing this already) could the dispatcher given the train a Form D to advance past the problem signals or is there an FRA regulation preventing PATH from doing that?
If there is no regulation preventing it is there a policy at PATH not to do Form Ds? Or is the dispatcher lazy or poorly trained or out to make everyone miserable?
With ten-minute headways, I would think they could still run safely with the railroad dark. Am I missing something?
Why do we drive on parkways and park in driveways?