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It's kind of obvious that EHH cares not a wit for the company's safety record. Doing away with three-step protection, brake sticks and not getting on/off moving equipment is a step backwards in safe operating practices.

The recent Sand Patch wreck apparently was caused by 35 hand brakes being applied on cars in the middle of the train. Apparently the train went into emergency on the Patch, the crew on-board at that time set the FRA required 20% handbrakes for a more than 2% grade on 178 cars, which should have been 36 (may have shaded that a little on the low side). They apparently went on the law, either didn't tell the replacement crew brakes were set and where, or were relieved before the replacement crew showed up, and that crew didn't go back far enough to start finding the set brakes before they started moving the train.

First of all, a 178 car train on Sand Patch! 128 loads and 50 empties. My low ball estimate based on past experience is that that train weighed AT LEAST 17,000 TONS, and probably more. That is just insane for that steep and curvy of a grade. Talk about pucker factor on the part of the engineer!

Harrison is going to blow up some small town like Burkardt did in Quebec with his short-cutting and slave-driving. Glad I sold my stock at the top, because he's going to leave CSX a smoldering mess by the time he's done and bailed out with his golden parachute.

Paul W.
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2017