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From: jpg@sdchema.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.railroad
Subject: Re: Dade Co. Metrorail Opens - (nf)
Message-ID: <175@sdchema.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 13-Jun-84 22:14:44 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun 13 22:14:44 1984
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       I was recently in Florida and to my untrained eye the
elevated railway structure looks poorly made. In fact a few years ago
there was some crticism by an engineer who had worked on the
project that the structure was unsafe. One thing I don't understand
is why they had to make an elevated as opposed to surface system.
There is no street under the railway (as in New York or Chicago).
A surface system would seem to be much cheaper. It looks like
a mob connected construction company made a bundle on this one.
      Also there was an accident in which one train rear-ended another.
The reason given for the accident (so help me, I'm not making this up!)
was that the motorman did not realise that you cannot stop a train in the
same distance that you can stop a car!