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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face=georgia,palatino>Actually, I overlooked something when I asked the question about what an engineer would do if approaching a meet and the train in the clear turned its headlight on.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The reason for the question was in relation to the 1956 ATSF wreck at Robinson, NM, so I should have asked what an engineer’s response would be when running on the ATSF at that location, and in that timeframe.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=georgia,palatino></FONT></SPAN> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=georgia,palatino>I have been trying to analyze the details of how the engineer tried to communicate with the fireman, what he was trying to say, and how it confused the fireman to make the fatal error.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I conclude that there are several different possible variations on how these events came together and what each man believed about what the other was doing.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></P>
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