From: HAL@hal.invalid

In article , John Albert 
wrote:

> - Person providing protection for equipment crew (would be either a
> track foreman or a conductor-flag) somehow messed up or got confused
> regarding "foul time" -- and let equipment foul a "live track".

Conductor-flag does not exist NYP to WAS. Maintenance or Way does their
own protection. If they foul more than five minutes required to put on
shunt cables.

>
> - Engineer had a bulletin to look out for work area protected by stop
> signs and somehow messed up ("got by" the stop sign)

If you mean Rule 135, work areas are not protected that way NYP to WAS.

> - Dispatcher was providing protection (perhaps by limiting trains to
> certain tracks only), and somehow messed up. -- sending train down wrong
> track.
>
> Hard to say at this point.

Yes,speculation.

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