Passenger Trains > A rare site at LAUS yesterday.

Before the Start of the Rail Summer Fest. Or whatever they called the event at LA Union Station Yesterday.
I had a rare chance to get an Amtrak Train and a LA Metro Gold Line Train together in one shot.
Amtrak Train 572 came in to LAUS on Track 4. Normally Amtrak Trains are on Trains 8 through 14.

It would have been nice, if the Cabbage unit on point and leading out of Union Station.
 

Jerry Martin
Los Angeles, CA
Central Coast Railroad Festival

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Wondering if there is a wide enough yellow stripe and warning signage on the platform.  Is all of that really necessary? Do people not know what the tracks are there for? 

They don't look like they held up well in the Washington crash compared with other Amtrak equipment. The large windows however are a welcome improvement over what we have in the midwest. 

andersonb109 Wrote:
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> They don't look like they held up well in the
> Washington crash compared with other Amtrak
> equipment. The large windows however are a welcome
> improvement over what we have in the midwest. 

What are you talking about?  Inquiring minds want to know!

andersonb109 Wrote:
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> Wondering if there is a wide enough yellow stripe
> and warning signage on the platform.  Is all of
> that really necessary? Do people not know what the
> tracks are there for? 

Then how come accidents still happen, falling on tracks, driving around gates, pedestrian strikes etc..........???

4489 Wrote:
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> andersonb109 Wrote:
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> > They don't look like they held up well in the
> > Washington crash compared with other Amtrak
> > equipment. The large windows however are a
> welcome
> > improvement over what we have in the midwest. 
>
> What are you talking about?  Inquiring minds want
> to know!

I "think" he's talking about the Gold Line Light Rail cars.

PHall Wrote:
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> 4489 Wrote:
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> > andersonb109 Wrote:
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> > > They don't look like they held up well in the
> > > Washington crash compared with other Amtrak
> > > equipment. The large windows however are a
> > welcome
> > > improvement over what we have in the
> midwest. 
> >
> > What are you talking about?  Inquiring minds
> want
> > to know!
>
> I "think" he's talking about the Gold Line Light
> Rail cars.

I know but it still does not make any sense to compare those cars to the crash in Washinton State.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/21/18 08:39 by darkcloud.

darkcloud Wrote:
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> andersonb109 Wrote:
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> > Wondering if there is a wide enough yellow
> stripe
> > and warning signage on the platform.  Is all
> of
> > that really necessary? Do people not know what
> the
> > tracks are there for? 
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> Perhaps they are expecting a visit from US Senator
> Richard Blumenidiot (D-CT)
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There are a number of "lawyers" who go around looking for ADA "violations" and file lawsuits. They really don't want to win the case but are after a nice fat settlement.
The result is that many public transit agencies go a bit overboard on their ADA complience to avoid these nuiscence lawsuits.