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Re: Amtrak Weather Cancellations
Author: Chris Walker
Date: 01-14-2024 - 19:04

El Gringo wrote:
>Well things have changed for sure. I was looking at a BN annual from the 70’s of a frozen train >that they kept throwing power at to keep it going, a zillion hours late of course. Gotta decide, >is it worth it?

Back in '82 while I was sitting the Airbrake portion of my Enginedriver Certificate, our tutor handed out several NTSB Reports during discussion about taking shortcuts under pressure of time or weather.
This one stuck with me through the years.
[www.ntsb.gov]

Oddly years later an ex-BN Engineer I met in Colorado mentioned he was on the wrecktrain follow up.

Chris
in New Zealand

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