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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by Mookie</i> <br /><br />Ok - so this isn't going to tax anyone's brain - but having read all about conductors, etc. and their duties, it brings up the question: <br /> <br />Isn't there an awful lot of walking involved in that job? And long distances? <br /> <br />Anyone want to give me/us some examples? <br /> <br />Mz Moo <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Mook - <br /> <br />There is indeed a lot of walking in the job of conductor or trainman. Walking yard tacks to bleed off cars, wlaking the brakes on a brake test, walking trains in emergency, walking to throw switches during switching on the road or in the yard, walking to spot cars or inspect cars at locations where there are no car department people, walking to inspect for defects when a train trips a detector, walking to install or remove an EOTD, and literally dozens of other times as well that I am just not thinking of now. Why do you think the condutor is almost always the thinner member of a train crew? <br /> <br />LC
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