From: nilknocgeo@earthlink.net   
      
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   > On Monday, February 2, 2015 at 6:27:45 AM UTC-5, Wayne Hines wrote:   
   >> This link is to a CBC news article suggesting CP Rail is training   
   >> managers to operate trains in the event the unionized workers go on   
   >> strike. If the link doesn't show properly or doesn't work, I've created   
   >> the Tiny URL link below it.   
   >   
   > Operating a railroad train is not a trivial task; there is an awful lot to   
   > learn.  It's not the same as whe the old Bell System would have managers   
   > man switchboards when operators went out on strike.   
   >   
   > I'd be concerned about safety.  What happens if a novice engineer panicks   
   > and throws a fast moving freight into emergency--a derailment?   
   >   
   > I'd also be concerned about a town's grade crossings being blocked by a   
   > noice engineer who stalls his train and can't start it.   
   >   
   > Despite hte passage of time, let's not forget the Malbone Street tragedy,   
   > caused by a strike breaking motorman.   
   >   
      
   Interesting that two wooden trailers were coupled together, a dangerous   
   situation even if speed caused the accident.  I recall on the IRT one train   
   I was on had 7 trailers and 3 motor cars, the reverse of the usual 7 motors   
   and 3 trailers.  It stalled several times, and barely made President Street   
   from Flatbush Avenue and the crew made everyone get off, the train being   
   hevily loaded at 8 AM.  I guess it made it on through to the yards because   
   following trains were not delayed.  I was late for school.  I did not   
   realize at the time the situation was dangerous.   
      
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