Todd Wrote:
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> As Information Wrote:
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> > On the RYPN forum, someone mentioned that
> Hunter
> > Harrison did away with the "Three Step
> Protection"
> > rule at CSX. After the Lac-Mégantic disaster,
> > cutting safety seems like the last thing a CEO
> > would do. I find it unbelievable.
> >
> > Rypn.org]
> >
> > On CSX, and I can only comment about their rule
> > from personal experience, Three Step Protection
> > is:
> >
> > 1) Throttle off, reverse lever centered, which
> > prevents throttle from being moved from off.
> >
> > 2) Full independent (locomotive) brake applied;
> > automatic (train) brakes applied as needed.
> >
> > 3) Generator Field switch opened (off).
> (Prevents
> > power from being sent to traction motors.)
> >
> > Now, I've talked to friends from other
> railroads,
> > one in supervision, who will tell you that
> Three
> > Step Protection is nonsense, and does nothing
> to
> > improve safety, but I think it is at least a
> > prompt to be more aware, especially at 3 am in
> the
> > middle of a 12 hour switching job. I certainly
> > felt a greater sense of safety going between
> cars
> > as a conductor knowing my engineer had done
> those
> > things, and as an engineer I felt reassured that
> I
> > was doing everything I could to ensure the
> safety
> > of anyone working between cars.
> >
>
> Red zone it's called on the Upee and on others its
> just "air".

Many places I've been simply use "Set and Centered!" over the radio.