Assian_Candor [comrade/them]@hexbear.netcake to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agoThankful for our lack of train brake regulations and poor working conditions for rail workers on this blessed day 🦃 🙏 ❤️hexbear.netimagemessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1106arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1106arrow-down1imageThankful for our lack of train brake regulations and poor working conditions for rail workers on this blessed day 🦃 🙏 ❤️hexbear.netAssian_Candor [comrade/them]@hexbear.netcake to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square44fedilinkfile-text
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kentucky-train-derailment-chemical-spill-evacuations-rockcastle-county-livingston/ Bonus: b-b-but what about our treats? I want an emote of the bumbling male protagonist from the Kelly cartoons
minus-squareAssian_Candor [comrade/them]@hexbear.netcakeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 year agoElectronic controls basically https://apnews.com/article/2e91c7211b4947de8837ebeda53080b9 https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-trains-amtrak-safer-railways/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Train_Control_System
minus-square7bicycles [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThe wiki article says it’s about signaling, that I understand, is that what was meant by advanced brake systems? I’m far from a train nerd
minus-squareAssian_Candor [comrade/them]@hexbear.netcakeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoYeah there’s that system that I believe automatically slows trains down if they’re exceeding the safe speed of the track and then there’s the electronic braking which applies all the brakes at the same time
Electronic controls basically
https://apnews.com/article/2e91c7211b4947de8837ebeda53080b9
https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-trains-amtrak-safer-railways/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Train_Control_System
The wiki article says it’s about signaling, that I understand, is that what was meant by advanced brake systems? I’m far from a train nerd
Yeah there’s that system that I believe automatically slows trains down if they’re exceeding the safe speed of the track and then there’s the electronic braking which applies all the brakes at the same time