by Tadman
So there is a big kerfuffle over in Scotland right now over "central door locking". You have the Jacobite steam train from Fort William to Mallaig that runs a steamer and 6-8 Mk1 coaches from long ago. The doors, just like on our rolling stock, do not lock. This is a violation of UK code that specifies all mainline cars must have door locking.
Has this ever been a problem here aboard Amtrak? Superliner and Horizon doors open manually. I was once aboard the Chief around 2008 when a lounge car door popped open after hitting a low spot in the track west of Fort Madison. I'm a bit surprise the FRA, who won't let a dining car have movable chairs anymore, has not said "there oughtta be a rule" and mandated doors locked up tight.
Also interesting is the UK attitude toward laws and regs - most Scots and Brits online are tut-tutting the operator for not following the law, which means their tourist trains are on pause. THe operator claims it is a 7 million pound project ($8.85m usd) and the payback period is over ten years. Here in the states I think most fans would be on the side of the tourist train operator bemoaning the regulations.
Has this ever been a problem here aboard Amtrak? Superliner and Horizon doors open manually. I was once aboard the Chief around 2008 when a lounge car door popped open after hitting a low spot in the track west of Fort Madison. I'm a bit surprise the FRA, who won't let a dining car have movable chairs anymore, has not said "there oughtta be a rule" and mandated doors locked up tight.
Also interesting is the UK attitude toward laws and regs - most Scots and Brits online are tut-tutting the operator for not following the law, which means their tourist trains are on pause. THe operator claims it is a 7 million pound project ($8.85m usd) and the payback period is over ten years. Here in the states I think most fans would be on the side of the tourist train operator bemoaning the regulations.
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