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Most BNSF TWD's will now not talk unless there is a defect. This is good as it cuts out on unnessary chatter and this helps when your train is switching on the mainline switching. TWD's are not fail safe and can trigger false alarms. Sometimes this can be a op test by some sob waiting in the weeds to see if the proper procedures are followed. I heard of a crew once that sat stop for well over an hour waiting for traffic. After getting on the move, they passed a TWD just five miles from where they took off. The TWD nailed not one but two cars on the train! This may have possibly been an op test. The crew setout the cars at the next siding just to make a point. Some op tests are on TWD's and sometimes this can backfire on the rr if a crew is creative and wants to follow everything to the exact point.
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