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<blockquote data-quote="rickyb" data-source="post: 4222564" data-attributes="member: 56035">i used to be a railway conductor, and if you look at some railcars, you will see step ladders on the and little handles just above them.&nbsp; its terribly dangerous being hunched over with your center of gravity way out of wack, and its unnecessary, but the rail corporations are too greedy to have handles that go up past your waist.&nbsp; not to mention youre talking on a radio with one hand part of the time so you only are holding on with one hand for that moment.The other dangerous part of railroading was when youre joining 2 rail cars together you have to do up the airbrake hoses, there was little space between you in the middle and the rail cars on each side.&nbsp; which means if the cars move for any unexpected reason, you will have little time to get out before you are run over.&nbsp; but again the rail companies are too greedy to properly design rail cars for safety and the regulators are too corrupt.&nbsp; i worked with someone who got his foot run over and lost a toe.<a href="https://twitter.com/nytimes" target="_blank"> The New York Times‏Verified account @nytimes</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1179383132228898818" target="_blank">Oct 2</a>Breaking News: A Boeing engineer on the 737 Max filed an ethics complaint this year saying a system that may have reduced crash risks was rejected over its cost</blockquote>

[QUOTE="rickyb, post: 4222564, member: 56035"] i used to be a railway conductor, and if you look at some railcars, you will see step ladders on the and little handles just above them. its terribly dangerous being hunched over with your center of gravity way out of wack, and its unnecessary, but the rail corporations are too greedy to have handles that go up past your waist. not to mention youre talking on a radio with one hand part of the time so you only are holding on with one hand for that moment. The other dangerous part of railroading was when youre joining 2 rail cars together you have to do up the airbrake hoses, there was little space between you in the middle and the rail cars on each side. which means if the cars move for any unexpected reason, you will have little time to get out before you are run over. but again the rail companies are too greedy to properly design rail cars for safety and the regulators are too corrupt. i worked with someone who got his foot run over and lost a toe. [URL='https://twitter.com/nytimes'] [B]The New York Times[/B]‏Verified account @[B]nytimes[/B][/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1179383132228898818']Oct 2[/URL] Breaking News: A Boeing engineer on the 737 Max filed an ethics complaint this year saying a system that may have reduced crash risks was rejected over its cost [/QUOTE]

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