Re: Flag test
Author: theconductor
Date: 10-22-2013 - 21:58
ex-BN Wrote:
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> Rich Hunn Wrote:
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> > I've talked before about my favorite, detector
> is
> > down, crew passes, calls it in and the DS tells
> > them to resume track speed-buhzinga!!
>
>
> So. . .
>
> Train has a hotbox. They get the maintainer to
> turn off the detector transmitter. DS says
> highball. Crew highballs. Radio fails on
> locomotive (or is turned down etc.) Train derails
> spilling HazMat all over town.
>
> Brilliant test.
If the locomotive radio fails, then it wouldn't matter if the transmitter is turned off or not right? The dispatcher gets a readout for the detector regardless of whether or not a manager has turned off the wayside broadcast.
Your attempt at an argument failed.