by anydaynow
Is it hard to lift the 85lb. knuckle during training? Do you have to lift it up then hold it with one hand while you put a pin in with the other hand? Or do you just lift it up and push it into place?
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anydaynow wrote:Is it hard to lift the 85lb. knuckle during training? Do you have to lift it up then hold it with one hand while you put a pin in with the other hand? Or do you just lift it up and push it into place?
EW-SETT wrote:its practice............so when its 0300 hours in the middle of nowhere and train goes into emergency........its dark, raining, and cold, and you have to walk back 75 cars to find out hogger busted a knuckle....!!!!!!!!!!Yeah, I know I know........tell the horror stories. Funny part is most conductors do not live that horror story. The most common is a busted one in the yard. Yeah, it was practice, but I have done it 4 times on 3 different cars in two days. Hauling that 83# thing back a few cars would not be fun, but this job is not for the weak, so why complain?
thefoyboy wrote:My first was 130 cars back on a 135 car coal drag...EW-SETT wrote:its practice............so when its 0300 hours in the middle of nowhere and train goes into emergency........its dark, raining, and cold, and you have to walk back 75 cars to find out hogger busted a knuckle....!!!!!!!!!!Yeah, I know I know........tell the horror stories. Funny part is most conductors do not live that horror story. The most common is a busted one in the yard. Yeah, it was practice, but I have done it 4 times on 3 different cars in two days. Hauling that 83# thing back a few cars would not be fun, but this job is not for the weak, so why complain?
powerpro69 wrote:Call the Car department ...Here's the car department.
slchub wrote:I agree with Burner. I've done this 2 times out in the middle of nowhere. Best thing to do is have the Hogger drop off the knuckle on his side, plant the red flag by it or some other identifying object, climb on the last car, have Mr. Hogger pull ahead till you get to the replacement knuckle, throw the knuckle up onto the coupler, sill-step, platform or where ever it will sit without falling off, and bring the train back to the break in two. Easy enough.Yeah this would probably work in most cases. However my first knuckle was 50 cars back and we had a red signal 10 cars in front of us. That was not a fun night.