Post by Logan on Jul 9, 2016 22:45:19 GMT -6
The board of the Metrolink commuter railroad on Friday unanimously approved $1.5 million to repair dozens of passenger cars with defective parts that were discovered in the wake of last year’s fatal Oxnard crash.
Rail officials plan to reinforce the front end plows on all 57 Hyundai Rotem cab cars--passenger coaches with an engineer’s station.
One of the Hyundai cars was in the lead position of the Metrolink train that collided on Feb. 24, 2015, with a utility pickup and trailer that had strayed onto the tracks at a rail crossing just outside Oxnard. The engineer was fatally injured and 34 people were hurt in the resulting derailment.
“The repairs will bring the cab cars up to design standards and resolve the safety issues,” said Art Leahy, the chief executive of Metrolink, which serves six Southern California counties.
Read more: www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-ln-metrolink-repairsl-20160708-snap-story.html
Rail officials plan to reinforce the front end plows on all 57 Hyundai Rotem cab cars--passenger coaches with an engineer’s station.
One of the Hyundai cars was in the lead position of the Metrolink train that collided on Feb. 24, 2015, with a utility pickup and trailer that had strayed onto the tracks at a rail crossing just outside Oxnard. The engineer was fatally injured and 34 people were hurt in the resulting derailment.
“The repairs will bring the cab cars up to design standards and resolve the safety issues,” said Art Leahy, the chief executive of Metrolink, which serves six Southern California counties.
Read more: www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-ln-metrolink-repairsl-20160708-snap-story.html