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Jim Adams

September 26, 2000 09:54PM

Yes it makes sense for a flagman to also have torpedoes. I vividly remember a very sudden stop when riding in the cupola of a caboose. We were jogging along at about 30mph. The enginer must have dozed as he ran right by a flag. When he hit the torpedoes he wiped the slate. By the time the slack ran in on 125 cars it was like hitting a brick wall.
However, I hear dispatchers giving orders that state "flag protection not required for following trains on the same track." Things are different nowdays.

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Subject	Author	Posted
Flagging	Ken Hojnacki	September 26, 2000 12:09PM
Re: Flagging	Erik Ledbetter	September 26, 2000 12:15PM
Re: Flagging	Kelly Anderson	September 26, 2000 04:53PM
Re: FRA Regs?	Michael Allen	September 26, 2000 05:58PM
Re: FRA Regs?	Jim Adams	September 26, 2000 09:54PM
Re: FRA Regs?	Dave Lamson (ex-B&M)	September 26, 2000 10:57PM
Re: FRA Regs?	Jim Adams	September 27, 2000 09:30AM
Re: Flagging	Brian Norden	September 27, 2000 12:13AM
Re: Flagging	jhs	September 27, 2000 04:18AM
Re: Flagging	Kelly Anderson	September 27, 2000 04:29AM
Re: Flagging	G. W. Laepple	September 27, 2000 02:33PM
Re: Flagging	Brian Norden	September 28, 2000 12:10AM
Re: Flagging	Ken Hojnacki	September 29, 2000 11:30AM
Re: Flagging	Ken Hojnacki	September 27, 2000 11:03AM
Re: Flagging	jhs	September 27, 2000 03:44PM

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