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[QUOTE]Originally posted by MargaretSPfan: [QB] Both the engineer and conductor of Train 188 were badly injured, and the poor conductor is almost certainly far too badly hurt to work now -- and, if reports of the extent of his injuries are accurate, he probably will never be able to return to work. He was in the bathroom of the first car -- the one that was crushed when it hit the catenary pole at 102 mph -- and broke his neck and his back, and injured both shoulders (I do not know how badly). Thus, "sitting in the penalty box" is certainly the least of his worries now and almost certainly for the rest of his life. He may well be a quadriplegic -- I do not know. I only know he broke his neck and his back, and hurt both shoulders. The engineer got a concussion and was knocked unconscious for an unknown period of time, and got a wound on his head that took 14 staples to close, and both his legs were injured -- I do not know how badly. An engineer has to be able to climb the ladder up into the cab in order to be able to work, and the engineer's legs may be too badly injured to allow him to climb into a locomotive cab. Or at least for a while this may be the case. Thus any talk about this particular crew being held out of service is irrelevant, because -- in the case of the conductor -- he is certainly far too badly injured to be able to return to work. I have no information about how bad the engineer's concussion was, and I have no idea how long it will take for him to recover sufficiently from his concussion so that that he will be able to safely operate passenger trains. I have no information about what injuries, if any, the Assistant Conductors and the Snack Bar attendant may have suffered. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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