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Old Jul 25, 2011 | 11:41 am
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Originally Posted by Loren Pechtel
That's my thought, also. Things will happen that cause trains to stop. It's inevitable. If it was a lightning strike I suspect the system lost contact with train #1 and the system wasn't designed to fail safe in such a situation.

Edit: I hadn't read anacapamalibu's post when I wrote this. Why am I not surprised they had it but didn't use it?
Similar to if your electrical breaker trips. Just bypass it and wire directly to the power source.
Lethal consequences.
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