I-5 SB north of Olympia closed
Due to train wreck onto HWY. All SB lanes of I-5 blocked near Mounts Road in Pierce County due to derailed train car. Avoid area! (From WSDOT twitter feed)
Forum Discussion
RideSlow wrote:jolooote wrote:
Computers can't slow a train but they are going to control 'Driverless' cars and TRUCKS!!!
Computerized Train Control installed on tracks in the area, not on the locomotives. NTSB has recommended installation for years, AMTRAK has been dragging out installation.
News talks about all the new tracks in the area, but that overpass has been in place as long as I can remember. May have a new road bed and rails, but that has always been a slow area.
It has to be on both the train and the track. It has been installed on this section of track as well as the train BUT IT WAS LEFT TURNED OFF. As usual the weakest component failed in this loop, the human component.
