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Re: UP Derailmemt
Author: Northern Snowman
Date: 06-20-2013 - 19:35

theconductor Wrote:
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> Northern Snowman Wrote:
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> -----
> > Union Pacific has some of the dumbest ideas.
> > Every other railroad requires passenger cars to be
> > placed on the rear of trains just so
> > derailments don't happen. I have seen passenger cars placed
> > mid-train in UP trains several times.
>
>
> The UP requires passenger cars to be on the rear
> of the train.


The UP seems to be kind of lax on this rule, at least in the northwest from the passenger car movements I've seen.

If it is indeed bad train placement I hope the UP doesn't try and make up a defect on the RDC units just to pin it on the INPR.

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  UP Derailmemt Ed Immel 06-20-2013 - 08:21
  Re: UP Derailmemt Northern Snowman 06-20-2013 - 15:42
  Re: UP Derailmemt theconductor 06-20-2013 - 16:35
  Re: UP Derailmemt Northern Snowman 06-20-2013 - 19:35
  Re: UP Derailmemt Bystander 06-21-2013 - 06:31
  Re: UP Derailmemt Mechanical Department 06-21-2013 - 13:39
  Re: UP Derailmemt Chuck in Wallowa County 06-20-2013 - 17:23
  Re: UP Derailmemt Shortline Sammie 06-20-2013 - 17:32
  Re: Wallowa Union RDCs Chuck in Wallowa County 06-20-2013 - 18:16
  Re: UP Derailmemt Bill Maltby 06-20-2013 - 19:05
  Re: UP Derailmemt Chuck in Wallowa County 06-21-2013 - 07:01
  Re: UP Derailmemt Topfuel 06-21-2013 - 08:27
  Re: UP Derailmemt - RDCs Arlen Sheldrake 06-21-2013 - 09:25
  Re: UP Derailmemt - RDCs Northern Snowman 06-21-2013 - 13:32
  Re: UP Derailmemt Espee99 06-23-2013 - 10:20
  Re: UP Derailmemt Doug Auburg 06-25-2013 - 17:50
  Re: UP Derailmemt Chuck in Wallowa County 06-26-2013 - 16:26


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