A wrong-side failure describes a failure condition in a piece of railway signalling equipment that results in an unsafe state. A typical example would...
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the signal displays a higher speed indication, which would be a wrong-side failure. To prevent this, a current transformer in the lamp circuit monitors...
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East Hills at Sydenham. Five people were killed and 748 injured. A wrong-side failure of the signalling system, as a result of human intervention, was believed...
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unlikely to cause a wrong-side failure. It is an example of using redundancy to increase safety and reduce the likelihood of failure, analogous to double...
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Track circuit (section Failure modes and prevention)
hand, failure modes which prevent the circuit from detecting trains (known as a wrong-side failure) are possible. Examples include: Mechanical failure of...
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Level crossing crashes Runaway Signal passed at danger Tram accident Wrong-side failure The crash at Crush, Texas, an intentional train wreck conducted as...
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check for missing balises which could otherwise lead to a potential wrong-side failure. At the start and end of ATP-equipped territory, a pair of fixed balises...
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inter-urban train to be given a false green (clear) aspect (known as a wrong-side failure). Mr Hand also considered it likely that a passenger on 3801 had applied...
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However, approval was given in 1984 after a report of three wrong-side signal failures. The re-signalling project had been planned assuming more people...
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maintained there by victims' families. Incidents on the Washington Metro Wrong-side failure NTSB (July 27, 2010). "NTSB Railroad Accident Report: Collision of...
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fatal accidents[citation needed]. It is possible for AWS to develop a wrong-side failure and the driver is given either no indication or a clear indication...
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indicates danger (an example where this did not happen, known as a wrong-side failure, was the Clapham Junction rail crash due primarily to faulty wiring)...
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allowing high-speed running even in adverse conditions systematic signal failure in the adverse conditions of that day due to a vulnerability to accumulation...
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December 12 – United Kingdom – Clapham Junction rail crash, London: wrong side failure from electrical short circuit caused by faulty signal maintenance...
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a thread cut on the stem. Wrist pin Sec Crosshead Wrist Pin. Wrong-side failure A failure in a signaling system that leaves the system in a dangerous condition...
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forgot to release the track circuit when the train passed, causing a wrong side failure and the collision. On 4 August 1962, a driver (Treharne) was killed...
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the brake van in which he was travelling was reduced to splinters. Wrong-side failure - this occurred with another accident. TV News Channel 7 News v t...
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Murphy's law (redirect from Whatever can go wrong will go wrong)
adage or epigram that is typically stated as: "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong." Though similar statements and concepts have been made over the...
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Toronto subway and RT signals Traffic control Train speed optimization Wrong-side failure There are 16 four-car sets that were equipped with CBTC as part of...
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full timetabled service commenced on 12 May 1986. The next day, a wrong-side failure occurred involving three signals between Tonbridge and Hastings. Contractors...
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line on 10 March 1938. These wrong-side failures are extremely rare and it was a remarkable coincidence for two such failures to occur in the same year near...
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Castlecary on 9 September 1968, also a rear-end collision. Following the failure of a signal at Greenhill Junction, trains were required (by Rule 55) to...
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50 failures of the levees and flood walls protecting New Orleans, Louisiana, and its suburbs following passage of Hurricane Katrina. The failures caused...
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Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA; often written with "failure modes" in plural) is the process of reviewing as many components, assemblies, and...
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Failure analysis is the process of collecting and analyzing data to determine the cause of a failure, often with the goal of determining corrective actions...
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Ed West (journalist) (redirect from Small Men on the Wrong Side of History)
Books of the Year. West's 2020 book Small Men on the Wrong Side of History focuses on the failures of post-war conservatism. Newer editions of the book...
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The Art of Being Wrong Dionysius Lardner The Beatles' Decca audition John Sedgwick Pile, Stephen (1979). The Book of Heroic Failures: Official Handbook...
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Some of these failure events have drastically changed the video game market since its origin in the late 1970s. For example, the failure of E.T. contributed...
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