Dale, I remember a few previous discussions on the forum about whether the train should stop or continue. Some would not want an engine stopping in a tunnel or inaccessible part of their layout. Others might.
On a serious note, adding safety feature that mean more code, or hardware can just drive up the price and complexity. Both Lionel and MTH provide the kill switch, or a simple direction change brings this casualty to a stop. For conventional operators rolling the throttle back is all it takes. G
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I guess it is just my background when I serviced meters and electrical instruments. A system would be 3 to 15 or 5 to 25 ma for example for feedback. In calibration for a 3 to 15 system, 15 ma may mean a valve,damper,or flow measure etc etc is closed or off, 8 ma may mean it is half open and 3 ma may mean it is wide open. However a signal of zero ma would be a system error and could be programmed to shut the system down until it is fixed. This could have been put in the system I think at no extra cost, perhaps even programmed in with software. Really a sloppy design with lack of foresight. In an industrial setting such a system could be a disaster. I would hate to see a steam turbine run away with no safety shutoff for example.
Dale H
