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<p>[quote user="n012944"]</p> <p> <blockquote> <div><img src="/TRCCS/Themes/trc/images/icon-quote.gif" /> <strong>Bucyrus:</strong></div> <div></div> <p> <blockquote> <div><img src="/TRCCS/Themes/trc/images/icon-quote.gif" /> <strong>BaltACD:</strong></div> <div></div> <p><span style="color:#0000ff;">It is exceedingly difficult to cut crossings that are blocked by cars on the porition of the train that has no locomotive attached to it and the movable portion of the train is prevented from coupling to the unmovable portion of the train by a broken knuckle. Duh!</span> <blockquote> <div><img src="/TRCCS/Themes/trc/images/icon-quote.gif" /> <strong>Bucyrus:</strong></div> <div></div> <p> <blockquote> <div><img src="/TRCCS/Themes/trc/images/icon-quote.gif" /> <strong>benburch:</strong></div> <div></div> <p>No, I get that they think the delay was excessive, what I don't get is that they seem to think that this never should have happened at all.</p> <p>And what I do not see is any discussion of why it took time to fix.  </p> <p>How long do you think it <i>ought </i>to take to fix a broken knuckle? </p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p> </p> </blockquote>   </p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size:small;">I have not heard anyone say that knuckles should never break.  And, as has been mentioned several times in this thread, the issue has nothing to do with how much time it should take to fix a broken knuckle.<b>  The issue is why the CN did not cut the crossing during the repair.</b></span></span></p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p> </p> </blockquote> </p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p> </p> </blockquote> </p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size:small;">Yes, I fully understand that you can't cut the crossing with the lead locomotive if the knuckle is broken.  I am assuming that CN has more than one locomotive though.  Do you have information that there was no possiblity of cutting the crossing because no other locomotive was available to pull the hind end back?  If not, why would you assume that?  It seems relatively improbable.</span></span></p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p> </p> </blockquote> </p> <p>Do you information that there was?  How about a crew to use it?  Most railroads unions require a 2 hour call for a new crew to come out.  According to the report this whole thing took between 90 minutes and 2 hours to replace the knuckle.  Even if there was an engine RIGHT BEHIND THE TRAIN, it still wouldn't have helped clear the crossings any quicker.  I doubt that there was a crew sitting around on a set of power doing nothing, the CN isn't known for having crews being on duty and not working.  Any crew would have to tied down its train and travel to the area, which could take anywhere from 45 minutes to 2 hours.  Was there a crew in the area?  Or are you just assuming that there was?</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">I cannot rule out the possibility that cutting the crossing was completely beyond the capability of the CN.</span></span></span></p>
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