Metro North - Get Smart

This video is proof that I have way too much free time on my hands.

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[Doomsday2060]

I have seen that happen once here in the UK too, it happens everywhere,

However a train driver should never manage to do that. Their JOB is not to lose concentration.

Train drivers here receive £1 million worth of training... they are thoroughly tested for concentration, loads of psychometric tests, interviewed about what 'safety critical' means all the time,

They spend days learning the route and rolling stock before they are allowed to work on it on their own.

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[nhlives]

@Doomsday2060

The problem in this case was shitty equipment more likely then engineer (the US term for Train Driver) error.

[furryfurball1221]

This is the exact same problem they had in the 70s. The GG1s are beautful, but are getting old. [the m3s and m4s]. Instead ofcontinueing something that works, the m-3s, or the GG1s, they start new and come up with a piece of crap [the e60, and M-7a] ha. morons

[nhlives]

I know what you mean. Fwiw tho u mean the M1 & M2 cars (1968-1972) - as the M3 (1983),M4 (1994),M6 (1996) cars were "sticking with what they knew", but the M7As like the E60s were "fixing something that wasn't broken" or "making a turd shiney to try and deny its still a turd"....

[jewboy1576]

THATS GREAT!!!!!!!!> WAY TO FAIL lol

[NJT4111]

MTA should stick to diesels, and then run FL9s into NYC like they where designed to!

[theresnoeastern]

oh man, this acting what STAEN ISLAND RAILWAY, do except , No leave's!!!!

[NEXT300]

Okay so im from Australia And on Your subway trains and M7's they have the green orange and red lights on the side, i've always wondered what they are for, if anyone can tell me that would be great :)

[Doomsday2060]

@nhlives

Errrrr.... of course. I forgot about that, I was thinking too much about the engineer.

Like sometimes on the London Underground (Especially the victoria line where Automatic Train Operation (ATO) is in use) some trains overshoot the platform.

Sometimes the driver will use the emergency brake to stop if the ATO doesn't do its job properly.

[mackat4ck]

How embarrassed was that train driver? I keep doing this on Bve train simulator. Maybe I should just give up. Lol!

[mackat4ck]

How embarrassed was that train driver? I keep doing this on Bve train simulator. Maybe I should just give up. Lol!

[abdulla902]

wow this video make me think that the m7s are getting shity and i starting to agree with u i cant believe he overran the station nice video

[nhlives]

right, which in this case, only happened because M7As don't stop well when its anything other than perfect conditions - in this case it had drizzled earlier in the day. The engineer on this train even said so himself..

[nhlives]

oh, no. If he was letting pax on/off and everything went according to plan he wouldn't have had to back up so no, you are just incorrect.