Re: Train Order Working Orange - Parkes

Tezza (tezza@atinet.com.au)
Tue, 28 Apr 1998 16:50:36 +1000

Geoff Lambert wrote in message <6i3rhb$j3m$1@mirv.unsw.edu.au>...
>"Tezza" <tezza@atinet.com.au> wrote:

>>Any figures on accidents/deaths in Nth America?

>There are, but it is hard to draw conclusions from them. Train order
>errors and accidents were relatively common (e.g. Casey Jones), but
>whether the rate was significantly higher per mile worked is harder to
>divine. The most notable accident under electric staff was the famous
>Abermule smash on the Cambrian in 1927. Nine people dead, I think,
>and an object lesson on how even fool-proof systems can be subverted.

I'd hardly call electric staff foolproof. Lack of a staff (or the correct
staff), doesn't stop a train from entering the section.

Are deaths/accidents still common with Train Orders?