Archive for September, 2008

Metrolink Accident: California Bans Text Messaging by Train Operators

Saturday, September 20th, 2008

The California Public Utility Commission passed an emergency order banning text messaging by anyone at the controls of a moving train following last week's Metrolink accident.  Federal investigators have confirmed that the engineer of the Metrolink train involved in the deadly Metrolink accident in Chatsworth was sending text messages while ...

Los Angeles Metrolink Engineer May Have Been Texting

Sunday, September 14th, 2008

News reports indicate that the train engineer in the Los Angeles Metrolink accident may have been texting on his cellphone in the moments before the train crash.  A teenage railfan reportly told a CBS2 news reporter that he received a text message from the Metrolink engineer about one minute before ...