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Amtrak train derails in Washington state onto Interstate 5; atleast 6 dead
On 12/19/2017 10:14 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
They are probably checking the engineer's Facebook page to see if he was updating it while approaching the curve. Yah and then how hard can it be to drive a train?Â* Sure, you have to anticipate long stops based on load but you'd think by now trivial stuff like that would be automated. GoogleTracks running on a Raspberry Pi and a throttle servo ought to do it |
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Amtrak train derails in Washington state onto Interstate 5; atleast 6 dead
On 12/19/2017 10:02 AM, Chuck wrote:
On 12/19/2017 10:14 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote: They are probably checking the engineer's Facebook page to see if he was updating it while approaching the curve. Yah and then how hard can it be to drive a train? Sure, you have to anticipate long stops based on load but you'd think by now trivial stuff like that would be automated. GoogleTracks running on a Raspberry Pi and a throttle servo ought to do it I'm not sure the railways have even been able to eliminate the fireman although nobody has shoveled coal for a long, long time. There are many modern safeguards to prevent collisions and limit unsafe speeds but it seems the budget didn't allow any of them to be installed. Par for the Peoples Republic. |
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