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Re: Still wanna live by the tracks?
Author: OPRRMS
Date: 01-13-2011 - 19:24

Kevin Dunwoody Wrote:
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> I don't understand, being that I an only a foamer
> and not an employee - Does the prime mover only
> explode out of one side of the locomotive? - and
> - Is it the responsibility of the train crew to
> position the power? I have seen picture posts (of
> BNSF trains in Cajon Pass) on this board with
> responses from the folks in Barstow about how they
> put "that" Locomotive lash up together. Or is it
> true that Severe Duty does in fact need a long
> vacation or a career change.

You might be surprised by what a locomotive can expectorate. Take a look at this Tony J. video showing what can happen when a dynamic brake assembly disintegrates under load: [www.youtube.com]. Not sure I'd want to be anywhere near it when it let loose. Tony posts here, so maybe he'll chime in when he see this.

A similar incident happened on Beaumont Pass a few years ago, resulting in a fatality to a motorist driving on San Timoteo Canyon Road.

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Subject Written By Date/Time (PST)
  Still wanna live by the tracks? Dean 01-12-2011 - 14:59
  Re: Still wanna hire out? Severe Duty 01-12-2011 - 17:59
  Re: Still wanna hire out? George Andrews 01-12-2011 - 21:12
  Re: Still wanna hire out? pushin_345 01-12-2011 - 22:09
  It's a GE Shane 01-15-2011 - 22:39
  Re: It's a GE George Andrews 01-16-2011 - 16:07
  Re: Still wanna live by the tracks? Kevin Dunwoody 01-13-2011 - 15:50
  Re: Still wanna live by the tracks? Gerald Wiesinger 01-13-2011 - 18:08
  Re: Still wanna live by the tracks? OPRRMS 01-13-2011 - 19:24
  Re: Still wanna live by the tracks? Red 01-13-2011 - 21:22
  Re: Still wanna live by the tracks? Tony J. 01-13-2011 - 23:20
  Re: Still wanna live by the tracks? Severe Duty 01-14-2011 - 06:49
  Re: Still wanna live by the tracks? George Andrews 01-14-2011 - 07:42
  Re: Still wanna live by the tracks? Tony J. 01-14-2011 - 09:06


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