From: gl4317@yahoo.com   
      
   In article   
   <1150810053422162717.604051dpeltier-my-deja.com@news.aioe.org>,   
     wrote:   
      
   > "conklin"  wrote:   
   > > Is the geo car ever put on the end of these 100+car oil trains?  If not,   
   > > why   
   > > not?   
   >   
   > Because a.) the slack action at the end of a 100-car freight trains is not   
   > safe for occupied passenger cars, and b.) they want to test as many miles   
   > per shift as they can, so they want to operate on priority trains. As I   
   > said, the usual practice is to run them as stand-alone trains.   
      
      
   There is also c.) If it is a track geometry car at the end of a 100+ car   
   oil train, it will discover any critical safety issues with the track   
   after the train has already derailed and exploded.   
      
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