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I agree with "j" in his 5:48 am post. I would not place my train in emergency unless I thought or knew I had hit something. Also, "j" is correct that, when fuel or propane trucks are involved, a slow speed incident is far and away more hazardous to the train crew than one at speed. You're almost guaranteed to stop in the middle of the mess, thereby placing yourself and others in great danger of injury from fire. There is a much lower probablity that such a collision will derail you. It's possible, of course, but you're much better off away from the fire. I also would not place a train in emergency for a pedestrian, unless I thought or knew I hit them. One afternoon, I thought I hit a lady who had a grocery cart that had it's wheels stuck between the rail and crossing timber. She was trying to move the out of the way and actually disappeared from my view (on a low-nose yet). I had already made a first service application because I saw her at a distance and the train was stretched across five or six other crossings. That's when I went to emergency. I looked away and heard the train hit the cart. We stopped about 7 car lengths away. My conductor and I went back looking and were joined by a police officer. We never found the lady, but we did unstick her grocery cart. She must have jumped at the very last minute and didn't hand around. <br />I would make an immediate emergency brake application in order to avoid going by an unanticipated stop signal. They will drop on you from time to time, or, heaven forbid, the approach was missed. Making a desired emergency brake application is a tricky thing to do. No engineer likes to do that...it'll really get your heart rate going!
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