Sand leaking inside the cabs?

[sonicdoommario]

Some cabs are leaking sand, causing some engineers to wear masks so that the particles aren't inhaled.

https://whdh.com/news/hank-investigates ... the-rails/

Looking at the video, and the reports, it sounds like this is mainly a problem with the GP40s?

[GP40MC1118]

Just the GP40MCs as far as I know..

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[johnpbarlow]

The cabs of these old units have quite a bit of rust - here's a photo of 1128 from 3 years ago.

[MBTA F40PH-2C 1050]

should also worry about the brake pad dust, diesel fumes, vast amount of energy emitted from the Aux. Gen behind the engineer seat, and the 25K volt catenary over the cab and yard......comes with the job

[BandA]

Being constantly exposed to strong magnetic fields can cause cancer I believe.

If they want to keep running these things they should squirt sealant into all the holes. Not rocket science. Part of implementing a safety culture which apparently is a problem...