The second car from the rear on the near train @ 2:00 is a scale test car. The test weight is lowered onto the live rails by hydraulic rams. The total weight of the car is not used for this type car.
I got the very beginning of this race at RVR Staples Mill/LAUREL today and didn’t think it’d continue to Ashland! Wow! Q410 on track 2 & Q416 on track 3!
On the South Camera across the road a shop selling Toy Trains Also I have a question On the trains with multiple Engine units , is there only one crew?
It is a scale test car. The calibration weight is in the car and lowered onto the scale rails. The old style scale cars needed to be the last car in a train as the brakes are only hand applied to keep the car from moving. This new kind has a engine and hydraulics to lower and raise the weight which is independent of the car so the car has air brakes.
So if this happens only 1 train is required to use horn and lights? Also just imagine a car being stuck in between both tracks (only thinking of damage to the car no harm on any human)
@@MinimalImpossibe ok theoretically though if it wasnt a quiet zone would both be required to use horns and flashing lights? ( I expect lights are yes)
@@stevorules1820 Yes, activating the horn would be required by both trains. The horn being activated is recorded in the black box and in the case that, for instance someone runs in front of the leading train and is hit by the second train had they not been sounding the horn it would be held against them. A train sounding it's horn next to yours is irrelevant. Each train is governed by the rules individually. Flashing lights on the locos are activated and stay flashing for 30 seconds. They are required on railroads operating under NORAC rules (Northeastern US), so you most likely won't see flashing ditch lights on trains on UP, BNSF, and other railroads operating in the mid-west and west. .
