Posted on 09/29/2016 5:59:26 AM PDT by milford421
Train struck train station in Hoboken, NJ....mass casualties, reports of fatalities.
I seem to remember that for the last several minutes (5-10) of the approach the trains creep along. That damage does look like it was caused by a train moving faster than I remember.
Or was that the name of the guy who fixed the brakes?
Good point.
The track is about 2 feet below the platform, and there are serious emergency braking devices comprising the last 10 feet of track. I would think the wheels and infrastructure below the car would have been sheared off for the car to continue forward.
I was there not long ago and took so many pictures - I was in awe of its vintage beauty. Not many remaining structures like it. Praying for the people on the train, but also horribly sad about this wonderful train station. I hope they can repair it and not have to tear it down.
3 conductors, and I assume an engineer? Is there any kind of safety switch on the track that would stop a train coming in too fast?
There are de-railers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derail
My niece was in that station earlier today to get to work in NYC. We’re all still shaken. So sorry for all the families affected.
That’s what I was wondering about - detailers.
Wasn’t it the movie Silver Streak where a tool box is put on the gas pedal, and eventually the train wreaks.
My guess is that the engineer/driver had a heart attack or was otherwise dead.
Who held the dead-man switch?
I mean derailers - auto correct....
I have no idea. I live in the sticks. My experience with trains is limited to the little one under the Christmas tree.
In most modern locomotives, an “alerter” is used. This system, based on vigilance control works by alerting the motorman or engineer with a buzz or bell every few minutes or so. If he or she does not push a button on the driver’s console, the “alerter” system will automatically put the train into a full emergency brake application. To acknowledge the alert and thus prevent penalty brake application, the engineer or motorman reaches down to press the button and reset the system. Most major railroads in the United States and abroad use this system both in their freight and passenger operations. It is also used on the R143 and other New York City Subway cars while under CBTC operation. Older locomotives produced before 1995 do not carry this feature, but given the modular nature of the system it is not uncommon to find them retrofitted.
News 12 reported an explosion. Watching you tube feed of Fox News. News 12 reported by chatter, not by a reporter.
Was the driver’s name Achmed?
No way of knowing that until you get to the engineer and check the brakes. No reason for a train coming into Hoboken Station that fast.
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