Pete
NO it is not! When you clear trains 12 hours in advance and hope they have
the right route codes and or slow orders it is not safe but the company says
do it.
sjh
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From: <PSHedgpeth@a...>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 8:53 AM
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Re: Document Question?
> Warren
>
> Thanks for the additional input....I'm still not quite understanding the
> whole thing, but it is not going to effect the quality of my life for the
> foreseeable future.
>
> I recall a "true tale" in one of the old RAILROAD MAGAZINES where a local
had
> headed in clearing the time of a hotshot freight train. Said local was
doing
> station switching and had all of their train in behind the freight house.
> Local also did not know that the train they were clearing was running in
> sections.
>
> The hotshot, when he went by the station where the local was switching did
> not see another train so he did not whistle signals (long and two shorts
for
> today's railroaders). The local crew, of course, heard the hotshot go by,
> but didn't see his head end "carrying the green".
>
> Local was ready to leave town and pulled down to head out and were still
just
> barely in the clear when they heard the second section approaching and
hence
> got stopped before they had fouled the main track.
>
> Teller of the tale remarked that had they been ready to go a couple of
> minutes sooner they would have had the main line fouled and a disaster
would
> have occurred.
>
> It's not as much fun or interesting today, but it's much more safe.
>
> Pete
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