Re: NTSB preliminary report on UP rearend collision in Wyoming
Author: amtrakfan4ever
Date: 11-05-2018 - 20:44
Whos Fred?
Alice
Nudge Wrote:
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> Sounds like a pinched air hose to me.
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> Also, why didn't FRED dump the air???????
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> We had them from Grass Lake down the hill to
> Dunsmuir and a lot of them from Siskiyou, west to
> Horn-Brook. But back then you had someone on the
> helper and a conductor on a caboose that could pop
> the air by opening a valve. The worst offenders
> were the WCTR box cars. I can recall calling the
> caboose and telling them to plug it once or twice.
> Not a good feeling.
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> Nudge