--- In [email protected], "raisinone" <raisinone@...> wrote:
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> After all, maintaining trucks, couplers, turnouts, track and locomotives �
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> Jim Kindraka
> Plymouth, WI
Just like the prototype! That's why there are always inspections of safety
appliances (steps, grabs, handbrakes and platforms, etc. anything a trainman
needs to perform his duties).
Broken knuckles are more common than people think. Usually though they
break from rough handling, poor throttle work, excessive slack run out, etc.
much more so than from long, heavy trains. A prototype knuckle weighs 75 lbs,
has no "handles" for easy carrying and sometimes has to be carried quite a
distance to the break apart. I've often been amazed that female brakemen (oops
I mean brakepersons!) can qualify for the job based on this need to carry a
knuckle. Oh yes, forgot to mention, the terrain one has to negotiate is not
user friendly either, no sidewalks along most mainlines!
As for S content, I bought some of the first Sergents when they were first
offered. I can say that Frank Sergent is a professional and packaged them well
with easy to understand instructions. I wanted them more for the pilot couplers
on F units, PA's and FA's and between units that I didn't want accidental
uncoupling. I say give him time to work out his production problems, I'm sure
the wait will be worth it.
Bud Rindfleisch
retired brakeman/Conductor
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