And then there is this one: http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2018/rair/ro-2018= -018/ Four locos and 268 wagons! Travelled 90 km in 50 minutes (according to news= reports) But aloooooong way from any pedestrians... Stephen -----Original Message----- From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu On Behalf Of James = Cameron Sent: Friday, 9 November 2018 6:13 PM To: piclist@mit.edu Subject: [OT] Locomotive radio remote control systems failure Interim report into a runaway train incident. Driver was in cement loading facility using remote control to move the trai= n under loading chutes. "While the last pair of wagons were being aligned, the train came to a stop= past the intended stop location." "he selected reverse to re-align the final two wagons with the loading chut= es. However, after selecting reverse, the train became unresponsive to his = remote commands." "he attempted multiple times to reset the remote control equipment with the= portable remote transmitter. After allowing time for the remote control sy= stem to recover, the locomotive continued to be unresponsive to his command= s." "driver decided to walk to the lead locomotive TR11 to undertake a cold res= tart of the remote control system at the receiver located on the rear of th= e locomotive. Before he started to walk, at about 0846, the train slowly be= gan rolling away" [cue twilight zone theme] http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2018/rair/ro-2018= -014/ -- James Cameron http://quozl.netrek.org/ -- http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/chang= e your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclis= t --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .