What? Remote Control Trains?

[Cub 7274]

remote control Locomotives are controlled by remote boxes carried by both men usually a "yard" crew who have control over the engine
They are usually used in yards to make up trains but can also be used in industrial switching
They cannot exceed 15mph and will only move when instructed by the box
I used these Locomotives for several years while working for CN they are pretty fool proof but things can happen
Just a way to reduce money as no Engineer is required but it takes MUCH longer to do the same switching without one

 

[Travelover]

That's nuthin'. I've seen cars operated by teenagers that have to get their driving instruction via text - or so it seems.

 

[chucko]

How does it differ from an autopilot on a boat or a ship? Everyone seems fine with them. Where are they made?
Just telling to go from one GPS waypoint to the next and at what speed

 

[300UGUY]

That's nuthin'. I've seen cars operated by teenagers that have to get their driving instruction via text - or so it seems.

yep!!!

 

[Localmotion]

The Docklands Light Railway in London has been automated for years. Most services still have an attendant on board - but they rarely "drive", instead wandering the trains and the only thing I every saw them do was to control how long the doors stayed open!

Docklands Light Railway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Seem's to make sense to me - as long as the safety systems are in place, it should be safer than manned trains - less chance of driver error...?

 

[Localmotion]

Volvo tests driverless cars on Spanish roads - YouTube

Driverless cars - now that does worry me! What happens when the lead veicle decides to overtake, or some muppet does a u-turn?! :confused2:

 

[bcp]

Driverless cars may already be operating in Nevada:

Eric Schmidt: Google Self-Driving Cars Should Become The Predominant Mode Of Transport In Our Lifetime | TechCrunch

Although, Schmidt says the cars are not ready for productization. Part of the problem involves the legality of the cars, themselves. So far, Nevada is the only state in America to approve the cars.

Schmidt was blunt about another technicality involving the problems of getting the cars on the road, stating: The current biggest problem is that it runs at the speed limit and nobody drives at the speed limit. Although Google has cars that don't worry about that at all, having produced self-driving race cars and racing them on their own track in an undisclosed location, where the car would race human-driven cars, and win.

Bruce

 

[weedpharma]

Really, why not? It's not like they can stop. We had one hit a car here years ago, I remember from the news that it was going 42 mph, and it took over 1 mile to stop. And that was an emergency stop. The guy he hit died, he ran around the gates delivering a pizza.

At a crossing in Port Hedland (north west Australia), there was a sign sayng "Our trains take 5 minutes to pass this point, if your car is there or not." This was at the port iron ore train unloading site.

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