Slack action caused CN crewman to fall from equipment...
Slack action caused CN crewman to fall from equipment...
https://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/rail/2021/r21d0001/r21d0001.html
"... a sudden stretch on the couplers resulting from slack action occurred and spread to leading car COER 353680. The assistant conductor, who was holding on to the ladder at the end of this car, lost his grip, and fell on the track before the train stopped. The assistant conductor was fatally injured.."
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This is a prime example of why I don't understand the UP rule of riding tankers behind the horizontal handhold. That's significantly more dangerous than riding from a sideways position near the stirrups. There are many UP rules that, in my opinion, greatly increase the danger to trainmen.