Posts tagged train

• Metrolink is Still Dragging Its Heels on Safety

  Paul Kiesel | September 26, 2008 9:49 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  Metrolink has decided to improve its safety technology by implementing its commuter trains with automatic train stop devices designed to prevent train collisions. This type of safety device may be...

• Bush Administration Strongly Opposed Mandatory Positive Train Controls, Boxer-Feinstein Bill Addresses Metrolink's Negligence

  Paul Kiesel | September 18, 2008 9:02 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Just last year, the head of Metrolink warned Congress that any proposals to require updated safety devices on trains, like positive train controls, would involve "substantial cost" and that...

• Metrolink Doesn't Learn From Its Mistakes

  Paul Kiesel | September 15, 2008 3:18 AM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  According to Saturday's, September 13, 2008, Los Angeles Times, Federal investigators continued to comb the twisted wreckage of a commuter train in Chatsworth today as fresh details emerged that a...