From: otterpower@xhotmail.com   
      
   On 5/19/2014 12:08 AM, Glen Labah wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >   
   Wouldn't the geometry car also be able to detect incipient problems?   
      
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