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Re: Truck that pulls a train
Author: SP5103
Date: 10-04-2012 - 07:55

Regardless of what anyone here thinks, whether or not a Brandt or similar unit is a locomotive being used in train service is defined by regulation and the current interpretation of the regulation by the FRA (or Transport Canada), and sometimes by the inspector actually on site.

As I stated above, there is a way a Brandt can be qualified as a locomotive. Didn't WP have a Trackmobile blue carded to try to replace an SW1500 in San Francisco?

The real issue becomes whether the operator is appropriately qualified. The FRA regulations seem to go to great lengths on the requirements for a regular engineer, but not so much for an RCO - even though I contend the RCO needs to have a greater awarness of what the loco is doing. Likewise the Brandt has unique operating characteristics and limitations that the operator has to be familiar with.

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  Truck that pulls a train Dale Cherne 10-02-2012 - 01:38
  Re: Truck that pulls a train Marty Bernard 10-02-2012 - 03:03
  Re: Truck that pulls a train Butler 10-02-2012 - 05:29
  Re: Truck that pulls a train Jon 10-02-2012 - 08:24
  Re: Truck that pulls a train Ernest H. Robl 10-02-2012 - 12:09
  Re: Truck that pulls a train jbbane 10-02-2012 - 18:08
  Re: Truck that pulls a train Nice 10-02-2012 - 22:04
  Re: Truck that pulls a train SP5103 10-03-2012 - 07:46
  Re: Truck that pulls a train Nice 10-03-2012 - 11:52
  Re: Truck that pulls a train OPRRMS 10-03-2012 - 11:53
  Re: Truck that pulls a train SLOCONDR 10-03-2012 - 17:16
  Re: Truck that pulls a train Tom McCann 10-03-2012 - 21:51
  Re: Truck that pulls a train OPRRMS 10-04-2012 - 00:14
  Dual Purpose Vehicle J 10-04-2012 - 05:29
  Re: Truck that pulls a train SLOCONDR 10-04-2012 - 16:03
  Re: Truck that pulls a train SP5103 10-04-2012 - 07:55
  Applicable FRA Rules J 10-04-2012 - 08:46
  Re: Applicable FRA Rules Nice 10-04-2012 - 10:10
  Re: Applicable FRA Rules J 10-04-2012 - 13:30
  Re: Applicable FRA Rules Margaret (SP fan) 10-04-2012 - 13:39
  Maintenance Equipment j 10-04-2012 - 16:43
  Re: Maintenance Equipment Nice 10-04-2012 - 22:20
  Revenue J 10-05-2012 - 04:40
  Re: Revenue SP5103 10-05-2012 - 08:58
  Re: Revenue Ernest H. Robl 10-05-2012 - 09:18
  Cranes J 10-05-2012 - 09:52
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