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[quote user="Soo 6604"][quote user="csxengineer98"][quote user="Soo 6604"] <p>A question for you engineers on here....on a typical run, how many railfans do you encounter as you run your train?......how many "regular" people do you encounter?.....how many waves do you get per run?</p><p> As to the question of being too busy, there was an engineer on the CN that would actually take off his orange vest and hang it out the window to ruin any pics or video that are taken of the train, and it was even worse when the WC units were being phased out. He even taped one to the handrails.</p><p>Paul</p><p>[/quote]there is no way to sit here and tell you how many "railfans and regular" people you come accross on a trip.. simply becouse there are to many factors that come into play..weather..time of day.. time of year.. ext ext ext.. that affect when and where people are in relation to a train when a train comes through... </p><p>as far as the WC unit.. how do you know he did it? was it yellow tape around the handrails where the steps where at..it could have been someone from the shop that is saying that unit is unsafe to go up that way and taped off the handrails to keep a crewman from going up it or into a cab that isnt safe to be in for what ever reason....cant pin point that on him without seeing him doing it... </p><p>csx engineer </p><p>[/quote]</p><p> </p><p>It was a vest that was taped to the handrails....the engineer is very well known about his dislike of railfans.....havent seen him on the Neenah Sub lately tho</p>[/quote] Little does he know that eventually it will become a "trophy prize" among local railfans to get pictures of the unit being ran by the vest wielding engineer, and his trick will have back-fired!<span class="smiley">[:P]</span>
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