Monday, December 16, 2013

Train Brake Tampering

Train Brake Tampering

  1. KTUL 12/13/2013
    According to a release from BNSF representatives, the train's airbrake system had been tampered with, which enabled the rear 57 cars of the train to release ...
    1. BNSF offering $100,000 reward regarding vandalism that caused ...

      www.tulsaworld.com/...train-derailment/article_a9bcfabc-63f3-11e3-bd9...
      3 days ago - According to a BNSF press release, the company believes someone with knowledge of a train's air brake system had tampered with the brakes on a parkedtrain  ...


  1. Train vandals create havoc for Metro - The Age

    www.theage.com.au/.../train-vandals-create-havoc-for-metro-20131203-...
    Dec 3, 2013 - Graffiti vandals are causing mayhem on Melbourne's rail network bytampering with signals and train braking systems, breaking into driver's cabs and tagging  ...Graffiti vandals are causing mayhem on Melbourne's rail network by tampering with signals and train braking systems, breaking into driver's cabs and tagging windscreens while riding on the backs of trains.
    The trail of destruction has been revealed by a small posse of tech-savvy trainspotters, who hack into Metro's internal radio network to expose raw and sometimes startling details about the daily disruptions to the rail network.

    he group revealed a flurry of troubling incidents on one evening, including graffiti vandals breaking into the rear driver's cab on a Frankston train; drivers being warned to go slow because youths were putting debris on the tracks near Elsternwick; a family's near-miss with a train after dashing across a pedestrian crossing at Edithvale; a smashed train window; and vandals' attempts to kick in the door of a rear cab at Balaclava. All of this was reported in just over an hour 
    Metro staff have also provided information to the group, including a recent internal alert that revealed vandals were using guerilla tactics to disable trains so they could graffiti them.
    Titled "Recent spike in vandalism", the alert said: "Graffiti vandalism is occurring to trains when they are stationary at red signals mid section. Vandals are known to tamper with signals to cause them to remain at STOP
    igures it provided to Fairfax Media show graffiti attacks peaked in September, when 59 trains were vandalised, well above the monthly average for the past two years of 35 attacks.
    Blake De Sailly, 21, said he had started the website melbournetrains.net out of frustration with the sketchy information on delays and disruptions published by Metro.


    Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/train-vandals-create-havoc-for-metro-20131203-2yocb.html#ixzz2neuOopBS


    Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/train-vandals-create-havoc-for-metro-20131203-2yocb.html#ixzz2neuBVUse
  2. ..."Metro believes we are out to give the public conspiracy theories about delays. However, that's not the case," he said. "We just want to give the public another site for them to source information about delays and cancellations."

    Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/train-vandals-create-havoc-for-metro-20131203-2yocb.html#ixzz2neuU8Rvv

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