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re: Another train derailment
Posted on 4/28/24 at 9:31 pm to FreedomBarefoot
Posted on 4/28/24 at 9:31 pm to FreedomBarefoot
Trackside defect detector should have picked it up. As I recall they went over one not far from the derailment.
Like anything manmade, they can fail. They have changed the rules for spacing of detectors I believe shortening the distance between them.
I once had the dispatcher call me saying a policeman had called in that I had a car on fire. Stopped the train and the conductor went back to check the train. He could feel the heat from two car lengths away due to the brakes being stuck on the car. The brake shoes were gone by this point.
We had gone over a detector about 3 miles before the cop saw the car.
Detector fail.
Like anything manmade, they can fail. They have changed the rules for spacing of detectors I believe shortening the distance between them.
I once had the dispatcher call me saying a policeman had called in that I had a car on fire. Stopped the train and the conductor went back to check the train. He could feel the heat from two car lengths away due to the brakes being stuck on the car. The brake shoes were gone by this point.
We had gone over a detector about 3 miles before the cop saw the car.
Detector fail.
This post was edited on 4/28/24 at 9:32 pm
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Posted on 4/28/24 at 9:41 pm to BuckyCheese
That was close call. Glad nothing went bad, but the detector.
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