Reply to "Saw My First CSX with DPU / Distributed Power Unit"

JohnActonOGR Forum Member

juniata guy posted:
DPU’s are not a guaranteed prevention against broken knuckles. My youngest is an NS conductor and had a loaded coal train a couple months ago with two motors on the front and two on the rear. They were passing over a hog back between Atlanta and Macon when the Trip Optimizer malfunctioned and placed the two DPU’s into dynamic braking while the train was still stretched over the top of the hill. Yanked the train right apart and he got to enjoy replacing a knuckle about two thirds of the way back in the middle of the night.
Not a normal occurrence, I agree but; proof that DPU’s aren’t always the solution.
Curt

Guess there never will be a cure-all for every possibility. Still I bet the number of knuckles busted is down on trains running DPU. j

12/10/184:28 PM

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