As I stated before, I’ll never be near a train except at a crossing. I’m just asking questions that help me to understand things from multiple angles/perspectives. I don’t want arguments. I’m not trying to convince anyone to change their way of doing things and I’m certainly not telling them that their way of doing things is wrong.
Then understand this and DO NOT question it, you DO NOT want to be clamped to the side of a rail car in the pitch dark night (that means no moon, no light other than your lantern) on a shove move and come across a fallen tree (or anything of that nature)! You will have absolutely zero seconds to undo whatever is holding you to the side of that car! You will be wiped clean!!! Savvy?
Wonderful example and not a situation that I had thought of. I don’t think it’s a good idea for me to ask any other questions regarding fall prevention harnesses so I’ll just move on to other topics.
And you’ve succeeded. Quit worrying.
A very experienced railroader I know, upon seeing the linked video, came to the conclusion that a rail turned over.
But did the rail turn over solely under the weight of the consist, or was it ‘helped’ by the sequential torque of overturning cars? [}:)]
People who have been here long enough may remember Nora’s thread on ‘stupid railroad questions’. I don’t recall anyone responding there in a snarky or adversarial manner. I gently suggest that attitude is important, and humility next important, when finding out or learning about things you have accepted in advance that you don’t yet understand.
Depends on if Transportation or Engineering gets there first.
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Or if Transportation & MofW gang up on the Car Dept. and put the cause on a car truck that refused to slew and turned the rail over.
I left mechanical out because overmod only presented two scenarios that didn’t involve them.
When Transportation & MofW gang up they can put the squeeze on Mechanical in any scenario.