[BITList] Fwd: rules is rules

[Michael Feltham]

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From: Ian Moyes 
 
 
 
 
 
where would we be without rules???
 
 
 
Rules is Rules!
 

The Good news:
It was a normal day 
In  Sharon Springs  Kansas , when a Union Pacific crew boarded a 
Loaded coal train for the long trek to  Salina .

The Bad news:
Just a few miles into the trip a wheel bearing became overheated and melted, letting a metal support drop down and grind on the rail, creating white hot molten metal droppings spewing down to the rail.

The Good news:
A very alert crew noticed smoke about halfway back in the train and immediately stopped the train in compliance with the rules.

The Bad news:
The train stopped with the hot wheel over a wooden bridge with creosote ties and trusses.

The crew tried to explain to higher-ups but were instructed not to move the train!

They were instructed Rules prohibit moving the train when a part is defective!





REMEMBER, RULES IS RULES!
Don't ever let common sense get in the way  of a 
Good disaster!
 
 

 
 
 

 



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