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Robert Sanchez
Robert Sanchez was the conductor on the Metrolink train that crashed into a Union Pacific freight train in Chatsworth, California on Sept. 12, 2008. It was later discovered that text messaging may have distracted Sanchez from his duties... [more]
Robert Sanchez was the conductor on the Metrolink train that crashed into a Union Pacific freight train in Chatsworth, California on Sept. 12, 2008. It was later discovered that text messaging may have distracted Sanchez from his duties before the train crashed, killing 25 people, including him.
The angles of the three cameras | Image via Metrolink
Text messaging appears to be one major caper in the Chatsworth Metrolink train crash last year, which left 25 dead and 135 injured. Investigators found that Metrolink Engineer Robert Sanchez sent a text message 22 seconds before his train slammed head-on into a freight train.
In response, Metrolink announced that one outward and two inward cameras with audio devices will be...
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TRAMS were running through Manchester city centre again today after engineers completed a multi-million pound track upgrade on time.
Metrolink chiefs re-opened the route between Victoria Station and St Peter’s Square after the major repair project that began in April came to an end.
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It was January 26th, 2005 when Juan Alvarez parked his gasoline-drenched Jeep Cherokee on train tracks in Glendale. He said it was an attempt to commit suicide before he changed his mind the last minute. He jumped out of the way before "a fast-moving Metrolink train struck the SUV, derailed and struck a parked Union Pacific locomotive before colliding with another Metrolink train traveling in the other direction," as the Associated Press...
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After the Chatsworth crash and a recent bid to raise fares yet again, at least one member thinks the executive may not be best suited to run the agency. Solow's 'on overload,' another official says.
A highly unpopular mid-recession fare increase proposal and a host of other Metrolink management challenges are intensifying questions about the future...
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Metrolink Engineers Union Sues To Block Surveillance Cameras In Locomotives October 20, 2009 The union representing Metrolink engineers today filed a federal lawsuit to halt the video-surveillance systems recently installed in all of the commuter rail lines locomotives. Metrolink installed cameras as a direct response to the deadly 2008 Metrolink crash in Chatsworth that killed 25 people and apparently involved an engineer who earlier had...
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I'm really kind of surprised this wasn't done long ago:Metrolink announced plans Monday to activate video cameras in all of its commuter trains.The move comes after a Metrolink passenger train collided head-on with a Union Pacific freight train on Sept. 12, 2008, killing 25 people.The Metrolink engineer, Robert Sanchez, who was killed, was found to have been text messaging only seconds before the crash.Metrolink announced Monday that all its...
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