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photobug56 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 19, 2021 7:35 am Am I wrong to see PTC as a positive thing to maintain safest top speeds while avoiding going too fast for conditions?The automatic speed control system has done that for decades.
photobug56 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 19, 2021 7:35 am Am I wrong to see PTC as a positive thing to maintain safest top speeds while avoiding going too fast for conditions?Yes, but that is why they pay a competitive wage to the two busiest commuter railroads in the United States. You're required to know multiple manuals, the speeds, and outside surroundings. You take that info and upload to a module in the locomotive/cab car, it spells trouble vs using your memory daily for the territory. It used to be the physicality and danger of the job. Today it's all the memorization and required certifications.
gamer4616 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 19, 2021 2:27 pmSo PTC should have little affect on speed compared to the previous LIRR automatic speed system. Only bad thing I ever heard about that was that in some areas it was never programmed for appropriate speeds, but now it is.photobug56 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 19, 2021 7:35 am Am I wrong to see PTC as a positive thing to maintain safest top speeds while avoiding going too fast for conditions?The automatic speed control system has done that for decades.
photobug56 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 19, 2021 7:35 am Am I wrong to see PTC as a positive thing to maintain safest top speeds while avoiding going too fast for conditions?From https://new.mta.info/document/58631 :
M8 fleet has been experiencing in-service PTC anomalies due to software defects. MNR is actively
working with Alstom and Kawasaki to address these variances.
The long-delayed East Side Access project connecting the Long Island Rail Road to Grand Central Terminal is being unveiled Sunday.
Gov. Kathy Hochul will be there for the first ride before its grand opening to the public, CBS2’s Christina Fan reported.
The project has been a dream for Long Islanders who need to get to the East Side of Manhattan. It could shave commutes by 40 minutes per day.
Kelly&Kelly wrote: ↑Sun Oct 31, 2021 3:12 pm Does everyone one know the first official trip from Jamaica to Grand Central operated today at 8:04 AM?I know that the Governor of NY conducted a media event with a LIRR special train to GCT this morning. I assume someone will post the details here shortly.