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I think Septa is asking for trouble and lawsuits with the new railfan windows. There is no separate cab for the operator. The passengers are not separated from the operator similar to a bus.
Now this is a commuter train that in some cases does a hundred miles an hour
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Quite often there are near misses at railroad crossings of both vehicles and idiots on foot or bike. Also sometimes people or vehicles are struck from carelessness to suicide.
It must be very stressful to the operator when these near misses happen and some passengers will probably not handle it well.
From what I’ve read when a train strikes and kills a person the operator will often take time off due to the mental guilt and stress experienced. What will happen is passengers will very likely sue the railway for mental anguish when they experience this. Nothing like seeing someone become a hood ornament to a train, real time.
I can imagine someone trying to sue in that situation but I'll bet the judge would throw it out. "Mental Anguish," unless malicious and intentional, is a very weak claim. Traumatic though it most definitely would be to see someone splatter on the train, I can see giving the engineer time off, but I don't think the passengers have a claim.
Nice to have new equipment I guess, but was the design department asleep? Looks like bricks wrapped in tinfoil imo.
