SARA: EVERY DAY THERE IS A TEAM
OF ENGINEERS THAT WORK TO CLEAN
OUR LOCAL RAILWAYS SAFE.
CHRIS: ON STEAM SUNDAY WE LOOK
AT THE PROGRAM THAT HELPS TO
KEEP EVERYTHING ON TRACK, AMBER
LEE WITH A LOOK.
REPORTER: I MET MEMBERS OF
METROLINK ENGINEERING TEAM, THEY
SHOWED ME THE SCIENCE THAT GOES
INTO KEEPING ETCH SAFE.
-- EVERYONE SAFE.
METROLINK TRAIN PULLS AWAY
FROM BURBANK STATION.
A TEAM OF OTHER ENGINEERS HANDLE
TRAINING AND MASTER PLANNING FOR
THE SYSTEM.
LUIS IS A MECHANICAL ENGINEER
AND MANAGER OF POSITIVE TRAIN
CONTROL SYSTEM.
MY JOB IS TO ENSURE THAT
TRAINS GET FROM POINT A TO POINT
B IN A SAFE MANNER.
I WILL MAKE SURE THAT
EVERYTHING IS PROGRAMMED AND
SIGNALS ARE WHERE ENGINEERS SEE
THEM.
REPORTER: TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT
HOW THE SYSTEM RUNS WE HEAD THE
TO UNION STATION IN THE TOYOTA
MOBILE WEATHER LAB, THE TRACKS
THAT METROLINK USES HAVE
CROSSINGS, SWITCHES, SIGNALS AND
STOPS, THEY ARE SHARED WITH
OTHER RAILROAD, BY CONTROLLING
SPIED, TRAFFIC FLOW AND
SIGOURNEY WEAVER NALLING,
PRESIDENT -- OR SIGNALING.
PRESIDEPOSITIVE TRAIN CONTROL HELPS TO
AVOID TRAIN TO TRAIN COLLISIONS.
TRAIN IS HEAVY, ABLE TO
ACCOUNT FOR HOW FAST CAN THE
TRAIN SLOWDOWN, HOW SOON DOES
THE ENGINEER NEED TO BE WARNED,
AND HOW SOON DOES THE SYSTEM
NEED TO APPLY THE BRAKES.
HIS EDUCATION PREPARED HIM
WELL.
AND SIGNALS AND SIGNS, SOFTWARE.
IT HAS TO BE ON POINT -- I
PUT A SIGNAL IN THE INCORRECT
LOCATION, THEN THE TRAIN PASSES
THAT SIGNAL, THAT COULD BE A
FAILURE ON MY PART.
IT CHALLENGES ME.
REPORTER: HER MESSAGES TO KIDS.
DON'T BE SCARED ENGINEERING.
AND ASK FOR HELP, AND FOCUS
ON WHERE OUR EDUCATION BE LEAD
TO.
YOU WILL BE WORKING 30 OR 40
YEARS, YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING
YOU ARE, SITE THE TO DO WHEN YOU
