Paul of Covington From the report: "Norfolk Southern employees were able to slow the car and board it at a slow speed, when they used a hand brake to stop it, she said." How were they able to slow it?
"Norfolk Southern employees were able to slow the car and board it at a slow speed, when they used a hand brake to stop it, she said."
How were they able to slow it?
Most grades don't continue down forever - when the grade begins to rise then gravity becomes your friend.
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blue streak 1 http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2018/11/20-railroad-investigating-runaway-tank-car-in-pennsylvania This is interesting 2 observations. The car activated the crossing gates The car had a clear signal on other side of bridge and knocked the signal down Now why does UP & CN need 28 axels on the Amtrak trains to activate theeir signals ?
http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2018/11/20-railroad-investigating-runaway-tank-car-in-pennsylvania
This is interesting 2 observations.
The car activated the crossing gates
The car had a clear signal on other side of bridge and knocked the signal down
Now why does UP & CN need 28 axels on the Amtrak trains to activate theeir signals ?
Appearantly UP & CN must have Lucas Electric signal systems - the smoke in the systems moves slower than the electrons that NS uses in their signal system.
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