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1978年头六周内,在美国东部曾发生两起列车相撞的伤亡事故。一次是在1月4日,一列Amtrak旅客列车在巴尔的摩附近,以每小时一百多公里的速度与一台Conrail机车相撞,当场死16人,伤近200人;另一次是2月6日在美国纽约州,两列货物列车相撞,当场死亡两人。这两次事故都是人为的错误造成的。如果人们事先就知道列车所处的位置,这两次相撞事故是不会发生的。在两次事故发生当中,美国一家大铁路公司向联邦当局表明,利用人造卫星将会避免这样的事故发生。伯灵顿北方铁路公司(营运的吨位和拥有的线路里程比其他美国铁路公司要
In the first six weeks of 1978 there were two casualties of train collision in the eastern United States. On January 4, an Amtrak passenger train collided with a Conrail locomotive at a speed of over 100 kilometers per hour on Baltimore on January 4, killing 16 people and wounding nearly 200 people on the scene. Another was February 6 In the United States, New York State, two cargo trains collided and killed two people on the spot. Both accidents were caused by human error. If people know in advance the location of the train, these two collisions will not happen. In the aftermath of the two incidents, a major U.S. railway company showed federal authorities that the use of satellites would avoid such an incident. Burlington Northern Railway Company (operating tonnage and owning line mileage than other U.S. railroad companies