Ok what about weather? Like if it snow, ice, rain and storms..is the train still safe in those conditions?
Posted by dmwnc1959 (Member # 2803) on :
Train travel is by far one of THE ABSOLUTE SAFEST means of mass public transportation out there in these great United States of America. Yes, in ANY TYPE OF WEATHER, night or day, cross country, cross a bridge, cross the river and through the mighty canyons, or just cross your home state, the train will get you there in comfort. Go AMTRAK and see the United States!
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Posted by BNSF 1088 (Member # 2400) on :
Trains are still safe in snow rain ice etc you would have to have over 4ft of snow before it needs to be plowed.
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Posted by TwinStarRocket (Member # 2142) on :
Trains do not have to see where they are going and they do not have weather related traction problems. Hundreds of tons of weight on the tracks makes ice and snow irrelevant.
In very very rare cases, very extreme weather will delay a train, such as: very extreme hot or cold temperatures that expand or contract the rails, winds over 100 mph, several feet of snow, or intense rains that can cause mudslides or washouts. The routes you are taking have little liklihood of any of these. If they do occur they will not take any chances so there is no danger.
To my knowledge there has never been a weather related accident in the history of Amtrak.
Posted by Midnight Sky (Member # 2898) on :
Thanks
Posted by trainman1 (Member # 1392) on :
quote:Originally posted by TwinStarRocket: To my knowledge there has never been a weather related accident in the history of Amtrak.
I can think of one where the weather was a contributing factor, but in that case, the problem was definitely not the weather's effect on the train, as the original poster was asking about.
(The Sunset Limited accident in 1993, in which a barge hit a railroad bridge, happened in part due to the foggy conditions present that night...but the fog was a problem for the tugboat crew, not the train.)
Posted by MPALMER (Member # 125) on :
There have been train accidents due to washouts that occur after cloudbursts. Vermont in 1984; SW Chief in AZ in mid-90s.
Posted by JONATHON (Member # 2899) on :
This one?
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Posted by NYRailFan (Member # 2692) on :
Why place a photograph of an accident in a post initiated by someone that is nervous about train travel? And not just any train accident, but one that depicts his/her concern. Geez!
Posted by JONATHON (Member # 2899) on :
Train have a sanding gear, so if the train needs more tracktion it can use its sanding gear.
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Posted by Mr. Toy (Member # 311) on :
I don't see any evidence of an accident in the photo.
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