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Its abvious that they need to put a helper locomotive on the rear. Here in Fond Du Lac,Wi,the CN will put WC unit 7498 on the rear of quite a few trains going Southbound, to get them over the hill at Byron.I have seen WC unit 7498 siiting on the siding at Lomira, near Quad Graphics,awaiting for the next train going Northbound,back to FDL. And yes,I do beleive that the engineer may not know what the [censored] to do on the approach to the hill or how to manuver on it. look at the wreck in Cajon Pass,a few years ago, there was a student engineer on the throttle,and apparently he did not control the train properly. I'm not saying ALL engineers are stupid (I've known many that could operate the locomotives and treat them like pretty ladies ),though these "freshman",somehow they must think that the locomotives must act and run like a car. To me,it doesn't go that way.On an approach to a hill, I would put sand on the rails for traction,keep the units in middle notch,and watch for any signs of trouble on the rear of the locomtives.In other words.........take it your time and dont rush. Just a few nice words. Thank-you.
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