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[quote user="mudchicken"] <p>SAFETY DEVICE/ APPLIANCE </p><p>Back up a few pages here and look at the MBTA incident where a lumber car got loose and found a passenger train to run into... </p><p>In the 1980's, KYLE Railroad had a tragic incident where a freight car was turned loose at night (no derail on an old CRIP passing siding) at Arriba, CO ....It found the crew of a westbound freight at 2AM at a speed in excess of 60 MP in the bottom of a sag, Killing the crew and destroying former SDAE #104 (shredded it)</p><p>[/quote]</p><p>That's scary stuff. These things serve a purpose when used correctly. More storage tracks and industrial spurs/cutomer spurs should have them.</p>
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