From: nick.fotis@gmail.com   
      
   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.   
      
   N.F.   
      
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