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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by arbfbe</i> <br /><br />Highiron, <br /> <br />It would be nice just to thumb your nose at your boss and add an insurance unit to add to each train in the mountains but you do not have access to any units to add. All those coming in on trains are due out on other trains. Borrowing one of them will likely lead to a domino effect meltdown further along the line. The boss you are mad at for shorting you the power is just as steamed at his boss who has shorted him. He is still steamed at the board of directors that only bout 75 units of the 95 that was recommended since they didn't want to be stuck with unproductive multimillion $$ units. <br /> <br />Older units do not pull as well as newer units but the tonnage rating tables for the units never seem to get adjusted to reflect that. That does not help when the power/tonnage ratio is tight. <br /> <br />Then there is the least expected. BN added PVC drain pipes to the sump drains on their SD40-2s to convey the spillage from the locomotive sumps to drop between the rails. (Don't worry, these units now have retention tanks and such environmental degradation has been stopped.) Sometimes these angular 3" PVC serer pipes were cut just a little too short. When there was a lot of oil in the sump from a tired engine and you were going up hill just fine, you might come to a right hand curve and the oil would be deposited directly on the top of the rail. The first time this happened it was perplexing. Then I figured I could just fill the lower end of the drain pipe with a wad of old wheel reports and paper towels and cap that off with some sort of plastic bag duct taped around the outside of the pipe to staunch the flow. Then I could back the train 5-10 car lengths with the MU sanders on and try again. <br /> <br />You have just got to love this job. <br /> <br /> Alan <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />I have to agree with you there. <br /> <br />I wonder how many personel are suffering a form of "hell" at a railroad job because everyone is pushing or pulling on those below and those above.
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