Back in 2002, a CSX train collided with a UFO, according to some. I note that CSX's motto is, appropriately, "how tomorrow moves". I wonder if Postive Train Control could have stopped this sort of thing?
Richard
ehbowen Member # 4317
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"Expect a UFO at any time, on any track, in any direction...."
smitty195 Member # 5102
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Whoa--that is bizarre.
Geoff Mayo Member # 153
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Just goes to show loonies exist in the engineer's seat (or conductor's) as in most other walks of life. If an incident, of any kind occurred, would the loco at least have been noted on some foamer's website as being out of service or repaired? What about the people that fixed the engine - sworn to secrecy? I doubt they're paid enough for that.
As for PTC... well, if the electrics shut down, then PTC would have shut down and brought the train to a halt. Wouldn't have spotted a transient object on (or floating above) the tracks though.
notelvis Member # 3071
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I don't care what testing of the crew was reportedly done - I'm still suspecting some sort of Rule G violation on this one.....
But then stranger things have been known to happen in extreme Eastern Kentucky.
yukon11 Member # 2997
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Yeah, those Kentucky railroad workers may have had one too many mint juleps.
Richard
notelvis Member # 3071
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quote:Originally posted by yukon11: I note that CSX's motto is, appropriately, "how tomorrow moves".
Richard
On an recent daytrip benefitting a museum of which I am a member, the host in our dome car joked with a fellow foamer that CSX actually stands for "Can't Stand Excursions"!
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