Passenger Trains > DC AMTK trains "bump" in yard.

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/1-Injured-After-Trains-Bump-in-Rail-Yard-424277304.html

Why is this news?

sums007 Wrote:
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> Why is this news?

because normal operation isn't to have 2 power units come in contact with each other and have someone get injured as a result of the collision ... so being that it's out of the ordinary IT'S NEEEEWWSSS !!!

My fault. I didn't read the article title about the injury.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/25/17 13:40 by sums007.

If EMS is dispatched and a news organization hears it happen, it's potentially news.

Employees are not supposed to be injured on the job.

That was supposedly why Joe Boardman implemented Safe-2-Safer, under which injuries increased.

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It's a shame there isn't more information in the article. Trains bump in San Antonio, Spokane, and other stations when trains are coupled and two trains become one. A passenger could be reaching for something in the luggage rack and loose his balance when they couple. He might be bruised or maybe break a finger. We just don't know what the injuries are.

That being said, it looks like two locomotives bumped and without knowing what was going on, they either had a hard couple or someone did something wrong. The article just didn't say much in my opinion.

John