Start your engines! Shown is the number 31 Sportsman class race car of JT Tippins proudly displaying the VRF logo on the hood. JT, as he is known, has been racing for 25 years. Having driven in the classes of Enduro, Mini Stock, Super Stock and now Sportsman. JT is...
Why Can’t Modern Technology Prevent Train Wrecks?
Why Can't Modern Technology Prevent Train Wrecks? | George Bibel Editor note: This is a re-post from 2012 Train wrecks more-or-less occur the same way they did 100 years ago, albeit far less frequently. Trains still come off the tracks or derail; and trains still collide. Collisions are usually caused by human...
Texting and Driving… Fatal in any mode of transportation
Note: This is a monthly column dedicated to review accidents and incidents in the rail industry. This is for Informational use only; and in no way represent the views of virtualrailfan.com On Friday, September 12, 2008, at 4: 22 p.m. a Los Angeles Metrolink commuter train with 3 cars and 225...
