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To: cyclotic

At least it wasn’t an EV. The battery would have exploded and caught the locomotive on fire.


38 posted on 12/20/2023 11:24:42 AM PST by woodbutcher1963
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To: woodbutcher1963; Harmless Teddy Bear

My first attempt at replying to multiple recipients - apologies if it didn’t work

My father worked his way up from yard fireman on the Denver & Salt Lake (Moffat Road) to Division Engineer on the Denver & Rio Grande.

The few time he talked about grade crossing accidents, he noted that the train crews’ damage wasn’t always psychological. EMD diesel electric F model locomotives in many models have a door above the pilot on the A-units. A collision with a fuel tanker often injected burning fuel into the cab. Not nice for the engineer and whomever (head brakeman or fireman) might be riding in the cab.


54 posted on 12/20/2023 6:44:32 PM PST by NelsTandberg ( )
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