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Runaway Train
Topic Started: March 20 2009, 02:25 PM (164 Views)
mikeski
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Edited by Skiingiggy, March 21 2009, 10:13 AM.
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junction1995
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Shouldn't that locomotive have a deadman's switch? It may have been avoided if they did.
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I agree, that locomotive could have probably run into some cars in the yard there, or cause some other kind of damage. There would have been no issue if there was a deadman's switch.

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wow...how often happen does that happen
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ds707(SB)
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Well considering its Argentina and that engine looked like a piece of crap I think having a dead mans switch in their engines would be like having a foot massager in US engines, lol!

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I agree with that, unfortunately not all countries are as safe as the US is with it's rail operations. (and yet, we still aren't exactly the best at it either XD )
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also notice how old that locomotive is also i thin it's an alco (last time i checked old alcos don't have dead man's switches) also don't only long haul locomotives need to have a dead man's switch?
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Well there I dont think anything (including passenger service) need them Dylan. But in the U.S. you may be right. Im sure newer engines just come with them anyways regardless of use.

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that is right Ds707....I was in the cab of a GP-38 No dead mans switch.. seen pics of a newer loco interior There is one. forgot what the model is. But as i said earlier...how rare is this>? :gasp:
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i think SD40-2's are the oldest locomotive that will have one (but i don't think all the SD40-2's have one tho) and even if they had a true dead man's switch someone could just put a brick on it (at lease the ones I'm thinking of) and it would keep it held down.
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The one's on the Amtrak engines are really annoying. Every 10 seconds you have to press the RESET or it will go into emergency. I was watching some show like EXTREME TRAINS and when we went on a cab ride of the Empire Builder in a P42DC the guy was almost like fidgeting with the button and the instant 10 seconds had passed and he hadn't pushed it it would make a really annoying siren noise.

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Alerter. I know that comes on some locos in the GP series. Not sure how old though. And it comes on all modern locos. I think I read that it is illegal to disable it. Looks like engineers will just have to deal with pushing it every ten seconds.
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