JonMyrlennBailey
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Some American roads historically may have used a lone locomotive, or wildcat, to scout the tracks ahead for signs of trouble, as track damage, bridge damage, tunnel collapses or fallen trees, so that following passenger trains may safely pass.
Apparently, Amtrak, being cheap, provides no such service to train patrons in modern times or many deaths could have been avoided in some Amtrak disasters.
The infamous 1993 Sunset Limited Bayou Canot wreck is a classic case of serious lack of a wildcat safety engine ahead of the passenger train.
A boat had damaged the bridge but the RR signal gave the engineer of the train a false indication to "safely" proceed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QU1gMaABA34
Is/was this called an "escort" engine or something else?
Do any Trainzers here run such scenarios in Driver?
It is like having an escort fighter plane for the security of large unarmed aircraft or
escort warships for merchant cargo ships in troubled seas for safe passage.
Apparently, Amtrak, being cheap, provides no such service to train patrons in modern times or many deaths could have been avoided in some Amtrak disasters.
The infamous 1993 Sunset Limited Bayou Canot wreck is a classic case of serious lack of a wildcat safety engine ahead of the passenger train.
A boat had damaged the bridge but the RR signal gave the engineer of the train a false indication to "safely" proceed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QU1gMaABA34
Is/was this called an "escort" engine or something else?
Do any Trainzers here run such scenarios in Driver?
It is like having an escort fighter plane for the security of large unarmed aircraft or
escort warships for merchant cargo ships in troubled seas for safe passage.