My week this week

GRADS · 12-16-2013, 01:43 PM

I have a question. I noticed in the first part of the video you were pushing the cars. Are there any differences between pulling and pushing? When you're pushing how do you see what's in front of you?

It also seems that if there was a derailment pushing would make the accident worse than if it was pulling?

**Tishimself** · 12-16-2013, 01:47 PM

Originally Posted by GRADS

I have a question. I noticed in the first part of the video you were pushing the cars. Are there any differences between pulling and pushing? When you're pushing how do you see what's in front of you?

It also seems that if there was a derailment pushing would make the accident worse than if it was pulling?

We have a cabcar. the lead car in the consist has a full cab in it. So I am actually in the rear car running the train, not in the engine. At BFD I cut out the cabcar, cut in the engine, and run the engine back to Merced..that second part of that video I am running from the engine....they did this to save time at distant points by not having to turn the train around....not sure I like the cabcar...but I have made peace with it...