
Episode 132: CSX Crazy 8s Runaway
Well There‘s Your Problem
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The Conflict Between Maximum Thrasal and Maximum Break
The train is going 18 miles an hour. The independent brakes are straining against 3,000 angry horses. It's making this horrible sound but it's still accelerating. So the independent break just gets squished by the acceleration on like full, like notch. But the independent break being on is enough to disable the vigilance device. Oh, Perfect storm. That's so annoying. I understand that that's unintentional, but like that's such a like neat confluence of things all perfectly fucking each other over. Someone someone is cheese modeling it.
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