| Posted by on October 7, 2007 | |
That tank car thinks it's all that and a pint of ice cream! BTW Joe, you got a spare reverse lever on that engine?
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| Posted by TxBritt on October 8, 2007 | |
I did this one night. The remarks are correct, your distance judgement does suffer at night, in the fog, when the yard is unlit. I drug about 10 cars out of G track, and kicked three to C track. I pulled back and was going to shove the remainder back into G track when I saw ( or thought I saw ) the three cars rolling back towards me from C track. By the time I realized that the cars were rolling back into me, I had no time to do anything about it. I yelled "plug it!" in the radio and jumped at just about the same time. The cars ended up looking just like the ones in the picture. It happens sometimes when you kick, the knuckles engage, but bounce back from each other before they lock.
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Ive came close to having this happen. I always make sure to shove about 2 cars in the clear just to cover my a--. Another thing that gets to you at night is your judgment from being so tired. A week or two of night shifts can really wear on ya.
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