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ANOTHER TOWER FALLS:
WHAT’S STILL STANDING
www.TrainsMag.com • August 2015
p. 48
THE magazine of railroading
Would PTC,
video have
prevented
this?
p. 6
ONE
MAN
CREWS
Good idea
or disaster?
p. 22
611 roars
back
p. 38
PLUS
Streetcar named
high tech
p. 32
To B unit or not
to B unit
p. 16
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Brian Buchanan
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Would PTC, video have
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To B unit or not to B unit
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One-man crews
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Streetcar named
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No. 611 roars back
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Another tower falls
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Not the time for one-man crews
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Why, in an age of alerters, inward-
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control, do we need two people in the cab?
With technology, Air Force personnel fly
drones thousands of miles away in the
Middle East from stations in Southern
California. Do we even need one person on
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Two alert, fast-thinking men or women
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Years ago, I was taught that if you were
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the train. It is still true. One person cannot
see it all. Long ago, trains ran with crews of
four and five people. Today, two is the
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