Rail safety

CNN

NEW YORK—Federal investigators said the commuter train that crashed Sunday, killing four people, was going 82 miles an hour as it entered a 30-mph zone along a tight curve and that there was no apparent problem with its brakes.

In light of all of the recent train wrecks we have had in the USA, I think that it is about time the railroad companies begin to assign a “co-engineer” to each train; two men in the cockpit. If one of them falls asleep or has a heart attack, the other engineer could take over.

They always say money is the consideration but in light of the cost of the fatalities and damage to the rail systems including the rail cars,  I think the cost of assigning another engineer to each train is a cheap price to pay.

By the time the rails are repaired, the cost to repair or replace the trains and the ambulance chaser get through, this accident that could have been prevented will cost the insurance company a few 100 million, maybe a billion dollars. A co-engineer  who would have prevented this disaster and is a hell of a lot cheaper.

There have been many airline disasters averted by having two people in the cockpit. Why not have the same standards and regulations with trains