[CBQ] Re: Cat Job

["tenn_central" <downeycj@bellsouth.net>]

--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, <sholding@...> wrote:
>
  You could always tell when the Cat Job had an extra Conductor as the 
chains would be dragging on the chain down flats.  Just the thing to 
pull up a switch or get caught in the frog.  


I've always known that dragging cables and chains are dangerous because 
they could hit a person or objects next to the train.  But until 
recently I never knew they could throw a switch.  A CSX train was 
passing through a yard here in western Kentucky and split a switch.  
The subsequent investigation revealed that a cable hanging off a car 
had snagged a switch handle and threw the switch underneath the train.  
Fortunately the train was traveling about 5mph and the damage was 
minimal.

Cliff Downey




 
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