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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Railroad Bob: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Mr. Toy: [qb] I predict this will mark the beginning of the end for passenger cab cars. Before long state and/or federal regulations will require a locomotive or dedicated cab car at the front end. Metrolink and other push-pull services may even take the initiative themselves to save face. I expect riders will demand it. This is, after all, the second major accident with Metrolink involving fatalities in the lead passenger car. Reports in my local paper implied this wouldn't have happened if freight and passenger trains weren't using the same tracks, as if passenger trains wouldn't collide if they were coming towards each other on the same track. [/qb][/QUOTE]It's amazing how the "lay" media can get it so wrong when they attempt to report on railroad operating issues and procedures. There has been a wealth of misinformation and speculation by so many in this case...the latest casualty seems to be Denise Tyrell of Metrolink. But Mr. Toy, you do know that the locomotive was LEADING in the wreck, right? The train was in the supposedly safer pull-mode. There may be the rare instance, (wild speculation here) that in some wrecks a train might have less injuries operating in "push" mode. For example, a rear-end collision by another train coming up from the rear... [/QB][/QUOTE]
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