Metrolink had already been looking to incorporate forward-
facing cameras into the CEM cars it planned to purchase.
Following the incident, the agency realized it needed to
install inward-facing cameras on its current locomotives
and on the CEM cars once they arrived in order to deter
unauthorized crew member behavior while operating
trains. Then Metrolink Board Chairman and Riverside
County representative Ron Roberts made a commitment to
lawmakers that installation of the cameras would be a top
agency was close to fulfilling that promise.
agency's locomotives between Oct. 7, 2009, and Oct. 12, 2009; the Crash Energy Management cars the
agency had ordered would have the cameras installed as well. Metrolink became the nation's only railroad
agency, commuter or freight, to install inward-facing cameras. "Use of this digital technology is another
important step in our multi-faceted program to reduce the risk of accidents or incidents along our rail
corridors and to provide an exceptional safety environment for our passengers and crews," said then Board
Chairman and Ventura County representative Keith Millhouse.
system that includes three cameras per locomotive: an outward-facing
camera to record activity in front of the train and two inward-facing
cameras to record the control panels and human activities inside the
locomotive cab. The LDVR also captures ambient audio transmissions
associated with the visual images.
Independent Rail Safety Peer Review Panel that was appointed to closely
examine Metrolink's operations and would later be endorsed by the
National Transportation Safety Board.
is another important step in our
multi-faceted program to reduce
the risk of accidents or incidents
along our rail corridors and to
provide an exceptional safety
environment for our passengers
and crews," said then Board
Chairman and Ventura County
representative Keith Millhouse.
all locomotives in October 2009.