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Ghost Train Crash in Chicago Needed 2 Keys To Start

Ghost Train Crash in Chicago Needed 2 Keys To Start
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September 30, 2013 Ghost Train Crash in Chicago Needed 2 Keys To Start In Chicago, an out-of-service train somehow was set into motion and traveled without a driver for a half mile before it slammed into a full train which had stopped at a station, injuring 48 people were taken to about 10 area hospitals. It was thought to be a mechanical failure, but investigators also considered that someone could have deliberately set it in motion, as it requires a key to get into the driver booth, another key to start the train. A driver is required to release the brake, and a dead-man switch stops the train if there is no operator. There are switch safeguards to keep the train from entering the main track.

Authorities in Chicago are investigating the cause behind Monday's train crash, in which an out-of-service train slammed into a full train stopped at a station. Officials said that while the incident was likely mechanical failure, they were considering the possibility that it was "deliberately set in motion." Read more: http://www.upi.com/blog/2013/09/30/Chicago-train-crash-deliberately-set-in-motion/6771380570521/#ixzz2jmpUgQkr

The train did not start itself. Somebody had to start it.

You don't need evidence of who did it to figure out that somebody did it, and it doesn't take much guessing what sort of people might have had the motive and capability to do it if they had somebody do an inside job.

Multiple safety systems had to be deliberately defeated:
not one, but two keys are needed to operate the train. 
you would need a CTA universal key for the cab door and a second one to operate the master controller.
Without a driver, the friction brakes would be on while the train would be stationed in the yard. 
Even if the key turns power on in the train, a human operator needs to release the brakes. 
That is what CTA operators call a “dead man control,” and the operator would need to use both hands to deactivate the dead man switch.
October 1st, 2013, 08:09 GMT · By 
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Chicago Train Crash: Train Rode for 0.5 Mile (0.8 Km) with No Driver, Video Shows Impact

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A reconstruction video of yesterday's train crash in Chicago shows the moment of impact between a runaway train, with no driver aboard, and a stationed train filled with passengers. 
The clip has been uploaded by Malay Mail Online. The “ghost train” rode for half a mile (0.8 km) with nobody noticing before crashing, Chicago Tribune reported.

 Robert Kelly, president of the CTA rail workers union, gives more details on the Chicago Train Crash. He explains that it is hard to believe that this is a malfunction, as not one, but two keys are needed to operate the train.  He elaborates that you would need a CTA universal key for the cab door and a second one to operate the master controller.

 Without a driver, the friction brakes would be on while the train would be stationed in the yard. Even if the key turns power on in the train, a human operator needs to release the brakes. 

 That is what CTA operators call a “dead man control,” and the operator would need to use both hands to deactivate the dead man switch.

 That cannot be done while moving, because it would turn off an automatic brake system and the train would stop.




http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/30/us/chicago-train-crash/index.html

  • Investigators are not characterizing the incident as a runaway train at this point, Steele said.



- A Chicago commuter train that was parked in a service yard somehow moved onto a rail line and smashed into an oncoming train early Monday, injuring dozens of people.
How it happened is a mystery. "I don't know the last time, if ever, that this has happened" on the Chicago Transit Authority system, spokesman Brian Steele said.
There are "more questions than answers" about the incident in Forest Park, Illinois, he said.
At least 48 people were injured; 33 of them were transported to hospitals, Forest Park Mayor Anthony Calderone told CNN affiliate WLS. They are believed to have minor injuries.

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Dozens injured in Chicago train crash
A central question: whether anyone had climbed on board the empty train and set it in motion.
"In order for a train to move, it has to be energized," said Ronald Ester, vice president of CTA Rail Operations.

"We call it unlocking the master controller," he said. The train would have needed to be placed in power position manually



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Train mysteriously runs loose in Chicago, injuring dozens

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A Chicago commuter train that was parked in a service yard somehow moved onto a rail line and smashed into an oncoming train early Monday, injuring dozens of people. A central question: whether anyone had climbed on board the empty train and set it in motion. 'In order for a train to move, it has to be energized,' said Ronald Ester, vice president of CTA Rail Operations. 'We call it unlocking the master controller,' he said. The train would have needed to be placed in power position manually.
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