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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 665.1 | | MOLAR::DELBALSO | I (spade) my (dogface) | Wed Feb 28 1996 22:27 | 4 |
| To quote Shelley Berman -
Flying is the safest way to fly.
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| 665.2 | | CSLALL::HENDERSON | We shall behold Him! | Wed Feb 28 1996 22:30 | 10 |
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Actually, I love train travel. I've taken a few Amtrak cross country
trips and loved them (despite some delays on on trip). I'd love to take
another.
Jim
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| 665.3 | | USAT05::HALLR | God loves even you! | Wed Feb 28 1996 22:31 | 4 |
| In Silver Spring, MD about 10 days ago, a MARC train ran into an AMTRAK
train leaving Union Station in DC for Chicago...11 people died
including 8 kids...preliminary investigation centering on conductor
error with speed and missing an apparent yellow signal
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| 665.4 | | CSLALL::HENDERSON | We shall behold Him! | Wed Feb 28 1996 22:34 | 11 |
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Sounds like, with flying, they've got the technology for keeping it safe
but they just can't seem to get the human error stuff out of the equation.
JIm
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| 665.5 | :-) | USAT05::HALLR | God loves even you! | Wed Feb 28 1996 22:36 | 2 |
| Not only that Jim, but if humans just weren't humans, we'd have fewer
problems like that!
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| 665.6 | | CSLALL::HENDERSON | We shall behold Him! | Wed Feb 28 1996 22:36 | 5 |
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I thik you're on to something there!
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| 665.7 | | SMURF::BINDER | Manus Celer Dei | Thu Feb 29 1996 10:53 | 6 |
| .4
Except maybe when they use those French turboprops in an area where
there could be wing icing. There have been several crashes when the
things turned turtle unrecoverably and augered in. They're now
placarded for icing conditions.
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| 665.8 | | CONSLT::MCBRIDE | Keep hands & feet inside ride at all times | Thu Feb 29 1996 11:17 | 1 |
| I'm agin 'em.
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| 665.9 | | AIMHI::RAUH | I survived the Cruel Spa | Thu Feb 29 1996 15:31 | 2 |
| If man was ment to ride the rail, he would have been born with steel
wheels vs rubber wheels. :)
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| 665.10 | | POWDML::HANGGELI | Happy 35th Birthday, Frederic | Thu Feb 29 1996 15:38 | 3 |
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Keep trying, George.
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| 665.11 | | AIMHI::RAUH | I survived the Cruel Spa | Thu Feb 29 1996 15:57 | 1 |
| One thing you can always give me credit for... trying....;)
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| 665.12 | | POWDML::HANGGELI | Happy 35th Birthday, Frederic | Thu Feb 29 1996 15:59 | 5 |
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Yes, George, when I think of your notes, I DO tend to think of the word
"trying" 8^))).
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| 665.13 | Smarty pants! :) | AIMHI::RAUH | I survived the Cruel Spa | Thu Feb 29 1996 16:08 | 1 |
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| 665.14 | Yep... | CSC32::SCHIMPF | | Sat Mar 02 1996 00:40 | 1 |
| They happen...
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| 665.15 | | USAT05::HALLR | God loves even you! | Sat Mar 02 1996 08:12 | 6 |
| Safety has once again taken a back seat to the dollar...Many rr
employees off the record complain about doing whatever it takes to
"stay on the schedule", even at the risk of a promotion.
My uncle worked 35 yrs for one of the rails which will remain nameless.
Some of the horros stories of what actually went on is appalling
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| 665.16 | | CSC32::M_EVANS | cuddly as a cactus | Sat Mar 02 1996 16:32 | 11 |
| Cabooses, which enabled people to "dump the air" on the brake systems
of runaway trans have been mad "obsolete" by the EOT. However the EOT's
will not be equipped with the ability to dump the air from the back of
trains to help in cases of runaways for another couple of years. 1998
or so.
One has to wonder if there had been a caboose and attendent brakeperson
on the end of the train in Tennesee pass if this accident could have
been avoided, as well as thers that involve braking and cold weather.
meg
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| 665.17 | ah; memories.... | BSS::PROCTOR_R | A wallet full of ones | Mon Mar 04 1996 16:22 | 7 |
| > Cabooses, which enabled people to "dump the air" on the brake
systems.
The cabooses I remember had terlets in 'em that allowed people to "dump
IN the air".. and alongside the tracks.
neat stuff.
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