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<p>[quote user="zugmann"]</p> <p> <blockquote> <div><img src="/TRCCS/Themes/trc/images/icon-quote.gif" /> <strong>Bucyrus:</strong></div> <div></div> <p> </p> <blockquote> <div> <p> </p> <div style="clear:both;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size:small;"></span></span></div> <p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size:small;"></span></span></p> </div> </blockquote> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size:small;"></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size:small;">When those are fully required, it will be interesting to learn whether there will be a requirment to keep them free of dirt and grafitti paint.</span></span></p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p> </p> </blockquote> </p> <p> </p> <p>If you take a stab at translating this: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov/search/Regs/home.html#documentDetail?R=0900006480333629">http://www.regulations.gov/search/Regs/home.html#documentDetail?R=0900006480333629</a> </p> <p>It seems is a certain percentage of the reflector stripe is obscured, then it must be eventually replaced.  Not an instant FRA defect, unless we don't want to move cars anymore.  </p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thanks for posting that link Zugmann.  I have been a critic of the reflector rule since I first heard about it.  On the surface, it seems like a good idea with nothing to lose.  But it is an FRA mandate that is likely to impose a lot more cost on the railroads than what one might expect on casual consideration.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">I think there will be a slippery slope of improvements and modifications to the reflector rules and to the basic reflector concept.  Just reading that massive set of rules and specifications confirms my expectations, and this is only the beginning.  When you throw the effect of graffiti into this complex set of regulations, I think it will evenually delay trains.</span></span></p>
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