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<p>[quote user="zugmann"]</p> <p> <blockquote> <div><img src="/TRCCS/Themes/trc/images/icon-quote.gif" /> <strong>Bucyrus:</strong></div> <div></div> <div style="clear:both;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size:small;"></span></span></div> <p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size:small;"></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size:small;">I will see if I can find that thread. People commented that they had almost run into trains at night because the train was hard to see. They did not say it was because they were over-driving their headlights, or not paying attention. They said it clearly the fault of rail cars that were hard to see. </span></span></p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p> </p> </blockquote> </p> <p>Hard to see is not impossible to see. And "almost" only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. But the reflective stripes may have allowed them to slow down sooner, saving undue wear and tear on their brake pads...</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Nobody has said freight cars are impossible to see.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is not that the FRA has mandated reflectors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point is the reason they gave to justify the mandate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If they had not stated that reason, there would not be any issue, but rather, the mandate would be just one more safety measure redundancy.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;"></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;"></span></p>
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