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So we’re probably just paying more attention right now. PTC and other controls are supposed to prevent this, but lots of rail operations still rely on very human-based controls. Just learned that Train Approach Warning systems are actually just people whose job it is to let their colleagues know a train is coming. There’s some patents for GPS based train approach systems, but majority is still just humans. That’s in the rail yard.
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zyenai 2y ago

Most big accidents, like Lac-Megantic, were caused by several mistakes, mostly operator error, that combining to create the nightmare scenario. I don’t know enough about the Ohio derailment say anything that isn’t speculation, but I’d guess the same.

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zyenai 2y ago

And what’s really wild is that rail companies are lobbying to decrease minimum conductor requirements from 2 people to 1, and also to increase the max hours they can work.