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   mroberds@att.net to John Albert   
   Re: Lac Megantic -- my thoughts...   
   23 Aug 14 18:38:08   
   
   John Albert  wrote:   
   > On 8/22/14 4:10 PM, mroberds@att.net wrote:   
   >> Sometimes it gets a little bit cold in Canada.  If the automatic   
   >> brakes were applied, you'd have all the brake shoes on the train   
   >> pressed against all the wheels, possibly for many hours   
   >   
   > This happened in July, right?   
      
   Yes.   
      
   > Even in Canada, the brake system isn't going to freeze up at that   
   > time of year.   
      
   True.  However, the CPR rulebook I found online didn't make any   
   distinction between operating in the summer, winter, spring, fall - the   
   automatic brakes are supposed to be released when leaving the train.  I   
   was trying to come up with ideas why the rule might have been written   
   that way, rather than saying why it might have been a good or bad idea   
   to apply the brakes in this particular case.   
      
   Matt Roberds   
      
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