From: stephen@sprunk.org

On 19-May-14 19:11, conklin wrote:
> "Nick Fotis"  wrote in message
> news:lldvvg$kpo$1@news.ntua.gr...
>> 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.
>
> If the lack in a freight train is so severe that it would harm a
> human in the last car, then think of the shock done to the oil.  No
> wonder they derail.

And that oil is in sealed containers full of liquid; oh no, the oil
might suffocate and/or drown!

"Safe for oil" and "safe for humans" are very different things.

S

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