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jim pastorius posted:

I watched an NS trainman  set handbrakes on a loaded coal train in good weather, on the level and it took at least a minute per car so it takes awhile. The one that wrecked had 113 cars in bitter cold temps so it would have been a chore. But that should be part of the drill. I would think management would send help out to a train like that but we all know how that goes.

Jim,

A very sad tragedy for the individuals and their families. Hopefully as information becomes more available we won't find issues learned from previous derailments not being implemented. Access to the brake wheels with snow, ice, wind, frostbite, etc. You hope management would have contingency plans for situations like this.

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