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swisschris62

Apparently these systems are already being used. In Europe it is widely used.
I read that even the Long Island rail road has this system on some of their lines.
Seems a little crazy not to have a back up system to stop a train in case something were to happen to the engineer.
So basically on the metro north, if say the engineer had a heart attack, the only way that train could be stopped is if it ran out of track or came in contact with something big and stationary.
I'll bet they start retrofitting their locomotives now....

Locomotives have an Alerter system. The engineer (driver) must make throttle/braking changes or hit a reset button during a set time frame or the locomotive will automatically apply a Penalty brake. Once the Penalty braking sequence has started, the train comes to a full stop and then a timer resets before the train can be started again.

Technology to control train speed is coming, but it takes time. The government has mandated that railroads install a system called PTC. However, it is not as simple as installing a box on a locomotive. There is also trackside equipment that must be installed and central office equipment. Major railroads have close to 10,000 locomotives, and the majority of those will need to be retrofitted with expensive equipment, all to be paid for by the railroads themselves. GE has a new product called Trip Optimizer which is an electronic interface to the locomotive which has a database of the track profile, speed restrictions, train length and tonnage which acts as cruise control on steroids for the train and will stop the train if it violates the speed limits. However, TO does not know what the signals along the track are displaying, so the engineer must still take be in control of the train. PTC will interface with the signal system.

http://www.thegpsstore.com/Garmin-Dezl-760LMT-Truck-Navigator-P3320.aspx?gclid=CMGq87X7_roCFSRk7AodSGEA_Q

"My route to DC would be I-70 to St. Louis, then cut across I-64 to Charlottesville, VA, then pick up I-81N to Strasburg, VA, then I-66 into DC. That way you avoid the shitty PA turnpike. "

I traveled extensively before retiring and I would agree with this route. Check the road conditions before leaving Colorado though.

1963 - Sophomore in High School. Sitting in study hall when they announced it over the PA. Went to next class and our English teacher was just shaking her head in tears saying, "People, people, people..." Was awhile before she could really say more.

1986 - working and didn't hear about it until I got home.

9/11 - working from home and came in to the living room. Daughter told me an airplane had hit one of the towers. Saw the second plane. Glued to the tv for several hours.

He is sorry people are losing their insurance, but he hasn't specifically said he is sorry he lied.

weekender

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The Pope is the leader of the Roman Catholic Church. They invented Christianity.

Ummm. No. The first Christians were Jewish.

yes, so was Jesus. your missing my point. The Roman Catholic Church was the first Christian church. they invented the whole idea of calling yourself a Christian Church.

"Acts 11:26
and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught great numbers of people. The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch"

You probably ought to read the Bible before you make such claims.

kallend

The government already mandates that you buy seat belts and air bags if you buy a car.

Big difference in "if" you buy and you "must" buy.....

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Cpl. Paul Mouton, a Lafayette Police Department spokesman, said, "................ It just so happens where they were looking was where she was found. ......................."

Really? I would never have guessed.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/10/26/sebelius-suggests-republicans-to-blame-for-obamacare-website-woes/

Didn't take long.

masterrig

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The description of the guns the kid had on him, the orange ends on both had been removed. Why? Did the kid want it to look real? If so, he accomplished that. Was the kid just messin' with the cops? We'll never know. All in all, the kid did the wrong thing. He should've dropped the gun like he was told. I feel bad for both the kid's family and friends as well as the cops and their families and friends. It's a painful situation. An eye witness stated that he could not tell if the subject was a kid or not. the eye witness was in close proximity of the incident, also. According to a news report.

Chuck

Air soft guns have the orange tip, pellet guns don't. At least in this part of the country. My grandkids have both.

I agree with your assessment of the perps, but you do realize this was a State Park, not a National Park and was not closed because of the shutdown?

masterrig

****** . . . for being willing to negotiate to re-open the government. Let's hope they keep their willingness to negotiate between now and January 15th,

I hope they stick to their guns and do the job that we elected them to do.

They stuck to their guns all-right! Boehner tacked-on a rider for a dam project in his home state of Ohio that was approved in 1988 for millions of dollars and nothing was done. Now, that same project will cost billions.
All those politicians did was work-out a way to win mid-term elections.


Chuck

How did Boehner tack it on? The article I read said it came from the Senate that way and Feinstein claimed responsibility for it.

http://wfpl.org/post/mcconnell-reid-deal-includes-3-billion-earmark-kentucky-project

We had and application where we installed the tags between the rails on a railroad and the locomotive would read them when it passed over them. We used off the shelf turkey roasting pans turned upside down to block them during our testing phases.

Iago

The driver has been pronounced dead.

Another citizen in a bad situation gunned down unarmed.

And again the police need to go to nonlethals as a primary.

The child she was trying to protect is fine.

The 'injured' officer that was in the car that was backed into is also fine.

So since she was unarmed (except for the car), the citizen that was shot had to have been shot by the police. Is that correct?

billvon

>'Brake and bump' has been a prevalent shakedown tactic for a long time. Thugs in cars
>used to use it to get a car to stop so they could either rob or jack it.

A simpler version of this is just to brake hard, get the car to hit you (hopefully not too hard) - then sue for millions for whiplash, back injuries etc. Called a "swoop and squat" this is frequently done in cars, not often done on motorcycles for obvious reasons.

Many years ago I was the car behind the car that was the 'brake and bump' victim. I stopped behind him and stayed until the police arrived to give them my name and statement. The motorcycle rider was doing everything he could to get me to leave before the police arrived. He later tried to sue the old man and I was called to give a deposition by the old man's attorney. Biker lost the case.

billvon

>So it constitutes bad news for some, as well. It is understood that there are winners
>and losers. The issue becomes whether these people's bitterness can be seen as
>somewhat reasonable.

In 2012, the solar industry in the US added 15,700 jobs. So you have 2,658 workers who are "bitter" but 15,700 workers who are very happy. (Heck, some of those workers who you claim are bitter may be among those 15,700.)

How many of those jobs that were added survived the bankruptcies (Solyndra, etc)?

And refer to my previous post about the support jobs when coal plants close or cut way back.

lawrocket

[Reply]In the first half of the year, 151 U.S. coal mines that employed 2,658 workers were idled

So it constitutes bad news for some, as well. It is understood that there are winners and losers. The issue becomes whether these people's bitterness can be seen as somewhat reasonable.

Good news for the environment can and often does mean bad news for others. Not saying that's bad or good but it is what it is.