Re: "lost" trains

[billboltonREMOVE-TO-EMAIL@computer.org (Bill Bolton)]

"nobody" <dweebken@NOSPAM.yahoo.com> wrote:

> I'd suggest a little technology be put in place. GPS beacons are used in
> some locomotives - they could be used to indicate proximity to another
> train.

And would that have helped anything in the situation under discussion?

Commercial GPS is not accurate enough to distinguish track position
except in generally gross situations, i.e. single track, no side
tracks anywhere in the vicinity.   Its also often not of much use in
situations involving cuttings etc.

Cheers,

Bill