NS 9905 - Decatur, Illinois
Counterparts meet... As I recall, we kept losing pressure on the rear coming into Hannibal. The Mississippi River drawbridge operator told us he could hear a loud hissing noise from one of the trailers. I dropped off underneath the highway bridge to roll the train by to find the culprit. Low and behold, there was a giant hole in the rubber train-line. Tried duct tape, that didn't work. So a runaround hose would solve the problem. After fiddling around with the trailer, and learning how to cut out a RoadRailer truck set, because ya know, they never taught us this stuff in conductor class, we were back on the move.
I always liked having the RoadRailers, though they could be a pain, they were still "decent" and neat pieces of equipment. Never understood why NS would run these with just one unit, when two units could easily maintain track speed of 60 anytime... Oh well, typical NS bullshit.
NS 9905 - Decatur, Illinois
Counterparts meet... As I recall, we kept losing pressure on the rear coming into Hannibal. The Mississippi River drawbridge operator told us he could hear a loud hissing noise from one of the trailers. I dropped off underneath the highway bridge to roll the train by to find the culprit. Low and behold, there was a giant hole in the rubber train-line. Tried duct tape, that didn't work. So a runaround hose would solve the problem. After fiddling around with the trailer, and learning how to cut out a RoadRailer truck set, because ya know, they never taught us this stuff in conductor class, we were back on the move.
I always liked having the RoadRailers, though they could be a pain, they were still "decent" and neat pieces of equipment. Never understood why NS would run these with just one unit, when two units could easily maintain track speed of 60 anytime... Oh well, typical NS bullshit.