I would guess if the drop steps were removed, the rules specified the
train would have to come to a complete stop as trainmen were not allowed
to cross if steps were not provided. Trainman were not allowed to drop off
or alight moving equipment for safety reasons. But I do believ rules were
meant to be broken as I watched a crew change in Aurora, "on the fly at
the original passenger station and I thought that was a little dangerous.
tom
--- "Rodney D. Bennett" <Rodney.D.Bennett@esc9.net> wrote:
> The FW&D-C&S SD-7(s) all had drop steps when delivered. I have photos
> from
> the early 60's that show this feature.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "thommack" <mack@chmack.com>
> To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 6:57 PM
> Subject: [BRHSlist] Crossing between Q diesel locomotives
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> > Simple question (maybe):
> >
> > The diesel locomotives (not counting the F's and E's) ordered by the
> > Q were somewhat unique in that they had no drop steps for walking
> > between couple units. In fact, they actually had a solid bar across
> > the center area of the front and rear handrails where a chain would
> > usually be hanging to work in conjunction with the drop steps. This
> > being the case, how could the train crew move between locomotives if
> > they had a unit shut down enroute or some other problem? Were they
> > required to stop the train and move between units on the ground?
> > Interestingly, BN added the drop steps very quickly to all the ex-Q
> > locomotives, but how did it work before then?
> >
> > Tom
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