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When was the last time you were on the head end of frieght? The slack action in a train depends on type of cars and the engineer. If you have alot of autos or long draw bars in the train there could be alot of slack. A train with 10,000 feet of auto racks will have around 300 ft of slack in it. Trains this long are often the norm as most will know. If your engineer doesn't have control it will give you a good thump going down a grade.
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