From: nick.fotis@gmail.com

On 19/05/2014 19:28, Larry Sheldon wrote:
> On 5/18/2014 10:48 PM, dpeltier@my-deja.com wrote:

>> Because a.) the slack action at the end of a 100-car freight trains is
>> not
>> safe for occupied passenger cars, and ...[snip]
>
> How did the conductor and brakeman (-men) survive in the way cars?
>

with much slower acceleration and braking, I guess.
If each coupler has a slack of one inch, in 100 cars the accumulated
slack (and acceleration/deceleration) can be rather severe, if you are
not very careful.

N.F.

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