Re: Derailment at Concort West - Reason

[markbau1@aol.com (MarkBau1)]

<<<<At the risk of being severely flamed and sent lewd pictures in my e-mail,
shouldn't the loco driver take at least some of the blame. After all, he DID
misread the signal>>>>>

If the signals were working 100% the driver should take the blame. However, the
wisdom of low speed turnouts on high speed lines has to be questioned. In
England there is some formula for installing turnouts on high speed lines. I
don't know the figures but its something like: 125MPH mainline cannot have a
turnout slower than 50MPH. If there is a low speed diverge, like at a junction,
you get more than the usual warning of it. AWS helps too!

Mark.


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