More on the CA Metrolink Crash – autobrakes

Report: Metrolink never installed braking system
San Diego Union Tribune, CA – Dec 12, 2008
AP LOS ANGELES — Metrolink officials decided two decades ago to operate the commuter rail line without an automatic braking system although it shares tracks …

Chatsworth crash’s roots lie 20 years in Metrolink’s past
Los Angeles Times, CA – Dec 11, 2008
The commuter line’s founders gambled that the line could operate without an automatic braking system, interviews with safety experts and documents show. …