QUOTE: Originally posted by bnsfengineer Well with the BNSF and the FRA breathing down our necks on blowing the whistle, these engineers on the BNSF better watch them selves. Since early this past summer the FRA made the rule that if traveling under 45 mph you can only blow the whistle for no more than 20 seconds, and then after a car, train accident near Hastings NE. the railroad came back and said no less than 15 sec. and no more than 20 sec. when traveling under 45mph, at 45 mph and over start at whistle board. And if you don't blow the correct 2 longs a short and a long you will get a operations test failure, and if they catch you blowing under 15 sec. they will pull the engineer and conductor from service and take alternative handling. The railroad and FRA is getting really strict on the issue.
QUOTE: Originally posted by David_Telesha QUOTE: Originally posted by BNSFrailfan What ever happend to the good ol' days of useing the proper way of blowing this type of Train horn:----------,----------,o,--------------------. Allan. Um, nothing?
QUOTE: Originally posted by BNSFrailfan What ever happend to the good ol' days of useing the proper way of blowing this type of Train horn:----------,----------,o,--------------------. Allan.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by Randy Stahl Improper whistle signals is an operating failure . Rule compliance includes whistle signals and if an engineer is caught he will likely be given an efficiency failure.
QUOTE: Like just about everything else these days, many engineers (seem to) take the easy way out and blow whatever they feel like...as long as they blow for crossings.
QUOTE: Originally posted by eolafan Like just about everything else these days, many engineers (seem to) take the easy way out and blow whatever they feel like...as long as they blow for crossings.
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