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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by TheAntiGates</i> <br /><br />[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by csxengineer98</i> <br /><br /> <br />thats why they put handrails on the cat walks... <br />csx engineer <br />[/quote] <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />When moving from one locomotive to the next, what is the proper prescribed 'safe' proceedure? <br /> <br />I'm not sure if it was osha in general, or cal-osha since california protective laws are more stringent, but just in example, the PROPER means to move from one STATIONARY platform to another (as was impressed upon me during my last job out there) would require a safety lanyand be clamped onto one platform while you step to the other (since there is no protective rail spaning between the two. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />There is not a fixed railing however, there is a chain. It is not tight (can't be, must allow for slack going around curves) but it is better than nothing. <br /> <br />Another issue no one has brough up in relation to this one is the fact that there can be a height difference between one locomotive and another. These days railroads are running everything they can get their hands on so you may have a new 70Mac running with an SD40-2, or a Dash 8 and an SD40-2. The drop off from one locomotive to another may be about a feet, so be careful. (Eyes on Path.) <br /> <br />
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