From: HAL@hal.invalid   
      
   In article , John Albert    
   wrote:   
      
   > - Person providing protection for equipment crew (would be either a   
   > track foreman or a conductor-flag) somehow messed up or got confused   
   > regarding "foul time" -- and let equipment foul a "live track".   
      
   Conductor-flag does not exist NYP to WAS. Maintenance or Way does their   
   own protection. If they foul more than five minutes required to put on   
   shunt cables.   
      
   >   
   > - Engineer had a bulletin to look out for work area protected by stop   
   > signs and somehow messed up ("got by" the stop sign)   
      
   If you mean Rule 135, work areas are not protected that way NYP to WAS.   
      
   > - Dispatcher was providing protection (perhaps by limiting trains to   
   > certain tracks only), and somehow messed up. -- sending train down wrong   
   > track.   
   >   
   > Hard to say at this point.   
      
   Yes,speculation.   
      
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