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Only one problem with having the salck bunched then pulling on them hard to give the engine a little advantage. I have to take a long walk! You can pull one in two like this. The engine takes off and the rear of the train wants to stay stopped. Psssssssst, got a knuckle. That's why the old heads used to stretch brake. It is against fuel conservation rules now, but, they used to put the 6lb slide to em to keep them stretched. If you have a junk train that is made up crappy, you really want to employ some train handling skills. Loads on the head end empties in the middle and loads on the rear. We do have certain trains that are exempt of train make up rules due to their origin, they are restricted to 45mph for this reason. Getting a knuckle isn't so bad if the hogger will drop a knuckle off for you. How it is done is you walk back to the break, close the angle ****, secure the second portion of the train. Tell the hogg if it is an E or F, he will drop the appropriate knuckle on the ground and mark it with a fusee if it is pitch black out. You pull ahead and pick up the knuckle and shove back to the break. Put it back together, and walk back to the head end and hope that it doesn't happen again. <br />Ken
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