Rolling Cars/"Flying Switch"

powerpro69 wrote:They are illegal in UP's Houston Service Unit, though you'll still see them on some of the outlying jobs, those oldheads make them look really easy.

My personal fav was the old (and I mean old 35+ years on the rails) switchman I worked with in Roper who was the controlling RCO, and would tie a skidder and manipulate and un-couple cars with his right foot all while starting and stopping the locomotive. Of course he never go on or off of moving eqpt.