Glorious NSE Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 News coming in of a Metrolink train derailed after hitting a truck on a crossing in Oxnard - lead three passenger cars on their sides from the initial images.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-31609770 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Wintle Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 From the look of that the cab car was leading and was one of the newer Hyundai Rotem cars with the high cab and it appears to have turned through almost 180 degrees. The second car is a Bombardier Bi-Level (the one lying with one end on the road) and the other two appear to be more Rotem cars. The loco is an F59PH. It is heartening to see that the cars are substantially intact. Adrian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted February 24, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 24, 2015 Looks like I will have to operate Santa Barbara as a terminus now aswell as Banbury! More seriously, sad to here 30 people injured but at least no deaths so far. Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerald Henriksen Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 CNN helicopter footage - you can see the marks on the ground where the 2 cars left the tracks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPODaHvj18k Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Metrolink are hiring 40 GE AC4400CW that are currently in store from BNSF to run at the cab car end of their trains. They will be powering the trains with the Metrolink locos providing HEP (Tail End Power?). Not sure how they are managing the door controls etc. http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-metrolink-safety-20150903-story.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Wintle Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 If they operate like GO Transit, the conductor isn't in the cab, but is in one of the coaches (on GO it is the accessibility coach as the conductor has to deploy the ramp), so the door control isn't done from the cab. Adrian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 If they operate like GO Transit, the conductor isn't in the cab, but is in one of the coaches (on GO it is the accessibility coach as the conductor has to deploy the ramp), so the door control isn't done from the cab. Adrian I was thinking more of the door/traction interlock, if there is one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supaned Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 still no AC4400s working last week , and clearly the Rotem cabcars aren't quite the deathtraps that was inferred , Metrolink being quite happy to use them without any pilot locomotive for the past few months without any modifications. There was a line of 10 or so AC4400s in track 15 at LA Union , which were started up periodically , with the remainder at the locomotive terminal near Hobart Yard. 5641 has been out and about undergoing PTC testing , as yet they can't get it to work properly. Other issues to overcome include that if they stick an AC4400 atop the cab car coming into LA Union, there is insufficient distance between the track bumper and the fixed wheelchair ramp where they usually spot the cab car , and that one route is blocked to six axle power ; unfortunately the train working plan involves some sets working on more than one route , so all the equipment cycles need re-writing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 A video of various Metrolink trains with AC-4400s Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorious NSE Posted March 14, 2016 Author Share Posted March 14, 2016 Mumble mumble "rateable traction" mumble "my lordzzz"....Or something. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted March 14, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 14, 2016 Annoyingly, they started using those BNSF locos about a week after we saw them all lined up in LAUPT and just outside near Mission Tower. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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