Re: [marxmail] No Trains, No Planes and Huge Protests: Strike Brings Greece to a Halt

I believe Sartisian was referencing the ETC I or the European Train Control System Block 2. And a system developed in the U.S. "Positive Train Controls". AT any rate, Satisian *does know* what he's talking about having worked for the rail roads for several decades. David -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Re: [marxmail] No Trains, No Planes and Huge Protests: Strike Brings Greece to a Halt

From google translate, but hopefully readable: Privatizations: The real culprit of the head-on collision in Tempe

Re: [marxmail] No Trains, No Planes and Huge Protests: Strike Brings Greece to a Halt

US systems are "more advanced..? I used to take the Amtrak from Philly to Washington regularly, struck me as quite antiquated. Influence of car industry lobby etc - was what I was thinking. Is this wrong? H -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. Vi

Re: [marxmail] No Trains, No Planes and Huge Protests: Strike Brings Greece to a Halt

Horrific collision, preventable with 100+ year old technologies-- closed track circuits and automatic block signalling systems--much less the more advanced ETCS II or the US based positive train control systems. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this grou

Re: [marxmail] No Trains, No Planes and Huge Protests: Strike Brings Greece to a Halt

Being around since 1974, this is, by the number of its participants, the biggest rally I have ever seen. Rallies have been held in every town of Greece, even in Herakleia, a rock rather than an isle in the middle of the Aegean Sea with some 90 inhabitants. JA Στις 1/3/25 00:27, ο/η Dennis Br