Fred Wrote:
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> J Wrote:
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> > The root cause appears to be the requisite
> number
> > of hand brakes was not applied. Having
> additional
> > crew members seems somewhat irrelevant.
>
> You might be right, on the other hand you might
> want to get a "real world" job as a solo operator.
> Easy to criticize when you don't do the work.


Assuming a 60-foot tank car, 72 would be about 8/10 of a mile, and take 15 to 20 minutes to walk, one way. So if the one lone guy had to park and walk the length of the train and back, he's chewed up 40 minutes at the end of his shift. Then, if he has to do that again at the start of his shift, add another 40 minutes. And he's not walking on a sidewalk. And he's got other things to do (like setting or unsetting handbrakes as he goes). It's not a stroll.