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SMART test train makes a simulated station stop at Rohnert Park, CA, 19OCT2016

REAL station stops won't commence for several months, now that startup has been delayed from late 2016 to a cautiously estimated "late Spring 2017."



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/20/16 00:21 by GenePoon.

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Nice video ...

I'd never have noticed it had not the lady with her baby in a stroller happened to be in the video, but somebody was thinking when they put up that abbreviated maze at the crossing. 

There's NO GUARANTEE** that having to stop and make a couple of direction changes before crossing the tracks will prevent somone from walking in ftront of a train anyhow.  

But it surely can't hurt to make pedestrians break their stride and at least become aware they're about to cross the tracks ...  and look for trains

Fritz in HSV, AL

**In the Navy it was common knowledge that no matter how safe and "sailor proof" something was made to be, a dumber sailor would inevitably come along and find a way to defeat it. Of, course, nobody knew who that sailor was until AFTER he'd proved that it wasn't "sailor proof." 

navy5717th Wrote:
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> **In the Navy it was common knowledge that no
> matter how safe and "sailor proof" something was
> made to be, a dumber sailor would inevitably come
> along and find a way to defeat it. Of, course,
> nobody knew who that sailor was until AFTER he'd
> proved that it wasn't "sailor proof." 

It's not always that the sailor disproving the "sailor proof" is dumber. Nukes tend to look at things like that as a challenge.

Posted from Android



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Nothing like the sound of a good old mechanical gong.

Nice video, but -- Did you HAVE to stand IN THE GAUGE
when you made that first part?  Geez......

So Somebody ,please explain ,what are we talking about here .   I gather it has something to do with crossing safety .

Margaret_SP_fan Wrote:
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> Nice video, but -- Did you HAVE to stand IN THE
> GAUGE when you made that first part?  Geez......


Knowing what was going to happen, and with a SMART contractor employee (whom I railroaded with
back in my SP days) practically at my elbow, helps!

By the way...if you were planning to follow SMART on your scanner, you probably can't.  SMART
is using digital communications (NXDN).



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GenePoon Wrote:
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> Margaret_SP_fan Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Nice video, but -- Did you HAVE to stand IN THE
> > GAUGE when you made that first part? 
> Geez......
>
>
> Knowing what was going to happen, and with a SMART
> contractor employee (whom I railroaded with
> back in my SP days) practically at my elbow,
> helps!
>
> By the way...if you were planning to follow SMART
> on your scanner, you probably can't.  SMART
> is using digital communications (NXDN).

Trust me, NXDN capable scanners will appear. If there is a market for them, somebody will make them, for a price!

Is acceleration that bad on these units? It seemed a long time for the train to appear in the crossing

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PHall Wrote:
>
> Trust me, NXDN capable scanners will appear. If
> there is a market for them, somebody will make
> them, for a price!

The Whister TRX-1, TRX-2 are supposed to get NXDN via a firmware update by the end of the year.

bayview_boy Wrote:
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> So Somebody ,please explain ,what are we talking
> about here .   I gather it has something to do
> with crossing safety .

What I was talking about was crossing safety.
Watch the lady with the baby in a stroller having to negotiate the little "maze" at the intersection of the sidewalk and the ROW.  
It made her STOP-- instead of just continuing to blithely walk into the ROW without paying attention to the potential danger that crossing tracks always presents.

My accompanying comments merely pointed out that something like this is NO GUARANTEE that some pedestrian might say: "Who put this %$*&(*%^*^** in my way?",  and after negotiating it, walk into a passing train. 
They do it in cars all the time. 

Other posters were talking about other aspects of SMART.

Fritz in HSV, AL  

Metrolink has those "mouse mazes" and people will walk out into the gutter and simply bypass the things. Some minds you just can't fix.

CPRR Wrote:
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> Is acceleration that bad on these units? It seemed
> a long time for the train to appear in the
> crossing
>
> Posted from iPhone

In a word, YES.

In addition to the slow acceleration, all crossings are considered "malfunctioning" and must be approached prepared to stop not exceeding 15 mph.

Posted from Android



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/21/16 08:32 by shortlineer.