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Dead-man's vigilance device

Index Dead-man's vigilance device

A dead-man's vigilance device is a railroad safety device that operates in the case of incapacitation of the engineer. [1]

11 relations: Beresfield railway station, Dead man's switch, Hinton train collision, Rail transport, Railroad engineer, Train event recorder, Train protection system, Violet Town rail accident, Waterfall rail accident, 1987 Maryland train collision, 2008 Chatsworth train collision.

Beresfield railway station

Beresfield railway station is located on the Main Northern line in New South Wales, Australia.

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Dead man's switch

A dead man's switch (for other names, see alternative names) is a switch that is automatically operated if the human operator becomes incapacitated, such as through death, loss of consciousness, or being bodily removed from control.

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Hinton train collision

The Hinton train collision was a railway accident that occurred on February 8, 1986.

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Rail transport

Rail transport is a means of transferring of passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, also known as tracks.

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Railroad engineer

An engineer (American and Canadian), engine driver, train driver, loco pilot, motorman, train operator (British and Commonwealth English), is a person who operates a train.

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Train event recorder

A train event recorder (also called On-Train Monitoring Recorder or On-Train Data Recorder in the United Kingdom, Event Recorder System, Event Recorder Unit, or simply Event Recorder) is a device that records data about the operation of train controls and performance in response to those controls and other train control systems.

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Train protection system

A train protection system is a railway technical installation to ensure safe operation in the event of human failure.

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Violet Town rail accident

The Violet Town rail accident, also known as the Southern Aurora disaster, was a railway accident that occurred on 7 February 1969 near the McDiarmids Road crossing, approximately 1 km south of Violet Town, Victoria, Australia.

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Waterfall rail accident

The Waterfall rail accident was a train accident that occurred on 31 January 2003 near Waterfall, New South Wales, Australia.

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1987 Maryland train collision

The 1987 Maryland train collision occurred at 1:30 pm on January 4, 1987, on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor main line.

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2008 Chatsworth train collision

The Chatsworth train collision occurred at 4:22 p.m. PDT (23:22 UTC) on Friday, September 12, 2008, when a Union Pacific freight train and a Metrolink commuter train collided head-on in the Chatsworth district of Los Angeles, California.

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Dead man device, Deadman's vigilance device, Driver Vigilance System.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead-man's_vigilance_device

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