artthouwill Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 Early this morning on the way to work I heard over the CTA dispatch radio that all Red Line trains were routed over the top, which was actually the case when I arrived downtown aprrox. 5 a.m.. I later found out from a CTA employee that the Red Line had a derailment, but I didn't get any details. Did anyone hear? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 As stated in the CTA Tattler, it is in Chicago Breaking News. According to the latter, another switching screwup when operating bidirectionally on one track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sw4400 Posted January 15, 2010 Report Share Posted January 15, 2010 As stated in the CTA Tattler, it is in Chicago Breaking News. According to the latter, another switching screwup when operating bidirectionally on one track. A quote from the passenger says car #2(the derailed one) went off the tracks and was leaning against the platform(later confirmed by the CFD). If this had happened on the elevated section of the Red Line, it could've been a lot worse... the car could've tipped onto it's side or fell off the elevated structure, taking perhaps all the other cars with it. This brings up my point... With technology being what it is today, why doesn't the more modern equipment(2600's, 3200's and 5000's) have a sensor that, when a wheel leaves a rail, a sensor should apply a E-Brake which stops the train right there until the de-railment issue is corrected. Too often, operators have tried powering trains while a wheel or two is off the tracks, making a bad situation even worse or perhaps even deadly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainsuper Posted January 17, 2010 Report Share Posted January 17, 2010 A quote from the passenger says car #2(the derailed one) went off the tracks and was leaning against the platform(later confirmed by the CFD). If this had happened on the elevated section of the Red Line, it could've been a lot worse... the car could've tipped onto it's side or fell off the elevated structure, taking perhaps all the other cars with it. This brings up my point... With technology being what it is today, why doesn't the more modern equipment(2600's, 3200's and 5000's) have a sensor that, when a wheel leaves a rail, a sensor should apply a E-Brake which stops the train right there until the de-railment issue is corrected. Too often, operators have tried powering trains while a wheel or two is off the tracks, making a bad situation even worse or perhaps even deadly. In New York City on our rapid transit subway cars a car bourne trip device which stops a train from passing a signal at red also if a derailment occurs or other object on roadbed places trains brake into emergency. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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