seems strange, and not very practical.

"Ari Silversteinn" wrote in message
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DHS has proposed a change in scenario. They want an on locomotive alerting
system that could be commandeered and driven at, near or about a disaster
site. Everything else stays more or less the same, overbroadcasting on
local AM/FM, power off the locomotive, selective or full frequency
broadcasting, train (s) to be in motion at all times. 20-30 second
messages
that would also combine a message to be aware that a locomotive (at speed)
will be flying by the at grade crossings.

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On Mon, 3 Oct 2005 21:41:43 -0000, Dave wrote:

seems strange, and not very practical.

There is an element of both I agree and the locomotive environment, except
in the newer ones, can be a bit hairy. Whether or not the concept is valid,
that's for DHS to decide and they already have.

The driving force behind this, imo, is that during NOLA no effort was made
to use the RR as a means of evac. Several of the lines offered but FEMA
refused. Instead, Carnival made off like a bandit with 1/3 full ships but
3/3 full government pay.

In order to evac, the RR would need to run flat out and with an evac
traffic surge, crossings become more critical.
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