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To: george76
Train Crash Video
2 posted on 07/29/2013 1:15:08 PM PDT by GOP_Party_Animal
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I remember this LocoCam video very well. I was working at the GE Diesel shop in Galesburg, IL at the time.

Train on the main overshot the signal... scary stuff. You can hear the door on the short hood open as the crew bails out... and can see the opposing crew bailing as well.

The bitch of all this stuff is that it comes down to someone simply not doing their job. Class 1 railroads are more inclined to hire brainless zombies off the street before hiring veteran Enginemen and Conductors. The rationale is that the Railroad can then brainwash the recruits to fit their corporate mold... there is little tolerance for common sense or actually taking the safe course of action.

What happens is people are hurt or killed, and the Feds come out with some new regulation, and the railroad embraces it, as it sets a minimum standard that the Railroad will follow... and when something goes wrong, they are not at fault because they are following the law.

It's making things worse and worse out there as far as I am concerned. Every day out on The Railroad feels like being in Afghanistan.

31 posted on 07/29/2013 6:29:39 PM PDT by Rodamala
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