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[quote]QUOTE: <br />Is one of the dangerous ways to put a car into a facing-point switch where they get the car and locomotive up to a relatively high speed, uncouple the car, keep the locomotive accelerating, and switch the turnout between the time the locomotive passes and the car passes? Was this what was refered to as "dropping" a car? <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Yes, doing a "drop" or a "running switch" <br /> <br />It is dangerous, because if everything doesn't work out you could easily be talking death or bodily harm. <br /> <br />The other reason it barely ever (if ever) gets done anymore is because the crews are to small, to do it properly you really have to have the old 4 man crew. <br /> <br />1) A Guy in the Loco <br />2) A Guy at the Switch <br />3) A Guy riding the handbrake <br />4) A Guy to pull the pin <br /> <br />Any fewer than 4 and it gets that much more dangerous.
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