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Re: NTSB report on Donner railgrinder runaway [link]
Author: George Andrews
Date: 11-12-2009 - 17:03

Several problems are readily apparent here :
1) The NTSB report states that "...both locomotives were equipped with dynamic brakes, but they were inoperable...", yet the crash photo clearly shows the rear unit ( F - 40 ) has no dynamic brake fan or vents on the carbody.
2) The report also states that "... the engineer and conductor - pilot had never traveled the territory before ..." . Why would Ewe - Pee assign an unqualified conductor to ANY such pilot service ???
3) Why wasn't this equipment subject to FRA regulations & inspections before ???

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  NTSB report on Donner railgrinder runaway [link] OPRRMS 11-12-2009 - 11:45
  Re: NTSB report on Donner railgrinder runaway [link] George Andrews 11-12-2009 - 17:03
  Re: NTSB report on Donner railgrinder runaway [link] OPRRMS 11-12-2009 - 19:07
  Re: NTSB report on Donner railgrinder runaway [link] Dr Zarkoff 11-12-2009 - 20:27
  Re: NTSB report on Donner railgrinder runaway [link] Bob Berkman 11-13-2009 - 19:06
  Re: NTSB report on Donner railgrinder runaway [link] OPRRMS 11-13-2009 - 20:50


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