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BackmarkerLife t1_jeckb7v wrote

The engineers were probably sleeping.

My biodad was a Conrail engineer in the early 80s and would air out all of his grievances to my mom especially when his coworkers would constantly sleep no matter how long or short the trip was and when it was his turn to rest he would wake to find everyone else asleep.

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make-more-farts t1_jecp7fw wrote

Modern locomotives are equipped with a dual safety mechanism, one for the conductor and one for the engineer, that requires each to press a button at a separate interval.

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JMPship t1_jecwqjg wrote

Ok I’ll bite. Let’s say the entire crew was sleeping. How does that change what happened here? Do you think the crew being awake or asleep when the wheel melted off makes a difference somehow?

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