03-06-2014, 10:28 PM
Les;
A couple of common occurrences that I dealt with on a regular basis come to mind:
1. Broken air hose. Train going into emergency out on the line can result in considerable delay while the problem is located.
2. Missing or leaking air hose gaskets. Those rubber gaskets get brittle and crack over time and will often blow out of the air hose. Not uncommon when switching to find one missing or leaking and have to replace it. I used to carry a pocket full of them as at least once a day, we'd have that problem.
Other thoughts:
Perhaps a broken coupler knuckle now and then. Something that the train crew can replace, provided they have a spare on the engine or in the cab.
Worse case would be a broken drawbar and have to find a place to set out the offending car as the crew sure couldn't replace that. Along that same vein of thought - train could have a car with some sort of defect discovered along the road and also have to be set out for repairs; i.e.: Dragging equipment - shifted or leaking load.
Crew might have to provide flag protection over a certain highway crossing due to signal failure or just throw in a few speed restrictions at various locations due to track work or other problems.
A couple of common occurrences that I dealt with on a regular basis come to mind:
1. Broken air hose. Train going into emergency out on the line can result in considerable delay while the problem is located.
2. Missing or leaking air hose gaskets. Those rubber gaskets get brittle and crack over time and will often blow out of the air hose. Not uncommon when switching to find one missing or leaking and have to replace it. I used to carry a pocket full of them as at least once a day, we'd have that problem.
Other thoughts:
Perhaps a broken coupler knuckle now and then. Something that the train crew can replace, provided they have a spare on the engine or in the cab.
Worse case would be a broken drawbar and have to find a place to set out the offending car as the crew sure couldn't replace that. Along that same vein of thought - train could have a car with some sort of defect discovered along the road and also have to be set out for repairs; i.e.: Dragging equipment - shifted or leaking load.
Crew might have to provide flag protection over a certain highway crossing due to signal failure or just throw in a few speed restrictions at various locations due to track work or other problems.
Ed
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