07-01-2010, 12:13 AM
FCIN Wrote:Why walk when you can ride? Now days, I probably couldn't get my foot up on the stirrup! But I was young and full of (fill in the blank) and thought nothing of it.
I tell students all the time while we dink around at 2mph while they preceede the move "Wheels are round, feet are flat. Why are you walking??" You can't get ran over by your train if you're safely riding the end of the cut.
Tom Carter
Railroad Training Services
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Stockton, CA
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