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Posted by TUNNELRAT on Fri Mar 24 09:13:23 2023 when a train lays down a train operator call control and says"I have a problem" a" MOTORMAN" GETS OUT OF THE CAB AND FIXES IT,CASE CLOSED. |
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Posted by Train Dude on Fri Mar 24 10:30:56 2023, in response to MOTORMAN, posted by TUNNELRAT on Fri Mar 24 09:13:23 2023. Sometimes. I also knew motormen who carried a fuse puller and blown fuses in their bags - just in case |
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Posted by Lou from Brooklyn on Fri Mar 24 11:26:12 2023, in response to Re: MOTORMAN, posted by Train Dude on Fri Mar 24 10:30:56 2023. I also knew a motor instructor who jumped a fuse with a sign strap during a March of Dimes trip... |
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Posted by Railman718 on Fri Mar 24 11:29:28 2023, in response to MOTORMAN, posted by TUNNELRAT on Fri Mar 24 09:13:23 2023. Bingo...While Us train operators can trouble shoot AND wait for assistance.. Well some of us can.... |
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Posted by Train Dude on Fri Mar 24 12:42:14 2023, in response to Re: MOTORMAN, posted by Lou from Brooklyn on Fri Mar 24 11:26:12 2023. LOL. Depends on which fuse it was. Guys used to carry a blown fuse in case they overran a signal. |
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Posted by randyo on Sat Mar 25 02:41:44 2023, in response to Re: MOTORMAN, posted by Railman718 on Fri Mar 24 11:29:28 2023. As I mentioned in another post, these days wit all trains now being unitized, there’s little even an experienced old time motorman can do except to sectionalize the train into good and bad sections and wait for assistance. The days of isolating a single B/O car have passed. |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Sat Mar 25 03:20:59 2023, in response to Re: MOTORMAN, posted by randyo on Sat Mar 25 02:41:44 2023. what is the worst breakdown you had or responded to?Anything serious like a brake pipe rupture? Runaway motor? Those breakdowns seem so hard to overcome. |
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Posted by TUNNELRAT on Sat Mar 25 08:39:28 2023, in response to Re: MOTORMAN, posted by randyo on Sat Mar 25 02:41:44 2023. randy,someone on another site said that you have died,is you is or ain`t dead? |
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Posted by Train Dude on Sat Mar 25 08:46:15 2023, in response to Re: MOTORMAN, posted by LuchAAA on Sat Mar 25 03:20:59 2023. I never saw a runaway motor in 30 years but knew how to deal with it. Dealing with it? Well hit the EAB and then open the main knife switch on the B/O car and then pull the ribbon fuse. Skip the EAB and learn what 3rd degree burns are like. |
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Posted by Train Dude on Sat Mar 25 08:46:52 2023, in response to Re: MOTORMAN, posted by LuchAAA on Sat Mar 25 03:20:59 2023. I never saw a runaway motor in 30 years but knew how to deal with it. Dealing with it? Well hit the EAB and then open the main knife switch on the B/O car and then pull the main motor ribbon fuse. Skip the EAB and learn what 3rd degree burns ae like. |
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Posted by TransitChuckG on Sat Mar 25 10:58:38 2023, in response to Re: MOTORMAN, posted by Train Dude on Sat Mar 25 08:46:52 2023. I am 3rd degreed burned on 16% of my body, gas fire. Don’t reimind me. |
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Posted by Train Dude on Sat Mar 25 11:14:33 2023, in response to Re: MOTORMAN, posted by TransitChuckG on Sat Mar 25 10:58:38 2023. Sorry to hear that. Can't imagine pain and suffering from that type of burn. We learned that burns are usually rated in 9% intervals. How was 16% arrived at?I worked with a guy who opened a knife switch without taking required precautions. He was severely burnt and never returned to full duty. I hope you were able to recover. |
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Posted by TransitChuckG on Sat Mar 25 12:58:55 2023, in response to Re: MOTORMAN, posted by Train Dude on Sat Mar 25 11:14:33 2023. I recovered, it was awful. How they come up with 16? |
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Posted by Train Dude on Sat Mar 25 13:49:00 2023, in response to Re: MOTORMAN, posted by TransitChuckG on Sat Mar 25 12:58:55 2023. I'm happy that you did recover. My daughter bid a brief stint in a burn unit. She said it was worse than surgical ICU. |
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Posted by TransitChuckG on Sat Mar 25 15:09:19 2023, in response to Re: MOTORMAN, posted by Train Dude on Sat Mar 25 13:49:00 2023. You see horrible things in a burn unit.Facial disfigurement, if you are buned there is the worst. |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Sat Mar 25 17:21:26 2023, in response to Re: MOTORMAN, posted by Train Dude on Sat Mar 25 08:46:52 2023. Interesting.TSS Bonnes used to talk about the event. Said it damaged a track because motorman didn't overcome it soon enough. |
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Posted by jailhousedoc on Sat Mar 25 18:33:58 2023, in response to Re: MOTORMAN, posted by TransitChuckG on Sat Mar 25 12:58:55 2023. There must be a mistake - burn injuries are based on the rule of nines - each arm counts as 9 percent, each lower extremity counts as 18 percent, the front of the chest and abdomen count as 18 percent as well as the entire back, the head counts as nine percent and the area between the legs where the genitals are counts as one percent. Someone might have by mistake put down 16 when they should have indicated 18 percent. Still, that is a serious amount of injury for anyone to suffer. Electrical burns also have internal injuries in addition to the outer skin damage. 600 volts with thousnads of amps mean lots of energy capable of serious injury or death. |
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Posted by Train Dude on Sat Mar 25 18:35:29 2023, in response to Re: MOTORMAN, posted by jailhousedoc on Sat Mar 25 18:33:58 2023. I alluded to the rule of nines earlier in the thread |
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Posted by jailhousedoc on Sat Mar 25 18:43:01 2023, in response to Re: MOTORMAN, posted by Train Dude on Sat Mar 25 18:35:29 2023. I reviewed your writing - you did indeed mention the rule of nines. Dealing with burn injuries is intense. |
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Posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Sat Mar 25 18:59:05 2023, in response to Re: MOTORMAN, posted by Train Dude on Sat Mar 25 08:46:15 2023. Did you ever have to deal with runaway compressor?If so, did you have to report it when you parked the train? |
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Posted by Train Dude on Sat Mar 25 19:22:59 2023, in response to Re: MOTORMAN, posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Sat Mar 25 18:59:05 2023. First of all, I was never a motorman or train operator. That disclaimer aside, while not common, runaway compressors are neither dangerous or difficult to deal with. First, you need to understand that there are belt driven and direct drive compressors. There are numerous reasons they might run away but the easiest way to deal with it is to turn off the compressor switch or circuit breaker in the cab. Prudence would cause one to use a shoe paddle rather than a bare hand, however. |
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Posted by randyo on Wed Mar 29 02:52:44 2023, in response to Re: MOTORMAN, posted by TUNNELRAT on Sat Mar 25 08:39:28 2023. As I mentined in another post on this topic, reports of my death are highly exaggerated. I’m alive and kicking, especially kicking. |
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Posted by TUNNELRAT on Wed Mar 29 09:22:44 2023, in response to Re: MOTORMAN, posted by randyo on Wed Mar 29 02:52:44 2023. still a` plunki` away on dee ol` banjo. |
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Posted by Train Dude on Wed Mar 29 09:31:13 2023, in response to Re: MOTORMAN, posted by randyo on Wed Mar 29 02:52:44 2023. That's good to hear. Keep on kickin'. |
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Posted by Edwards! on Thu Mar 30 10:16:40 2023, in response to Re: MOTORMAN, posted by randyo on Wed Mar 29 02:52:44 2023. Wonderful news.Would hate to loose a wonderful wonderful part of living history. |
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