From: stephen@sprunk.org   
      
   On 19-May-14 19:11, conklin wrote:   
   > "Nick Fotis"  wrote in message   
   > news:lldvvg$kpo$1@news.ntua.gr...   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > If the lack in a freight train is so severe that it would harm a   
   > human in the last car, then think of the shock done to the oil.  No   
   > wonder they derail.   
      
   And that oil is in sealed containers full of liquid; oh no, the oil   
   might suffocate and/or drown!   
      
   "Safe for oil" and "safe for humans" are very different things.   
      
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