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N221UA wrote:Also, when conductors give how much the engineer should move back to couple/uncouple cars, sometimes they say how many cars, sometimes they just give numbers. what do the numbers (ie. 50 30 20 10 5) mean?The standard car count is supposed to be 60 feet, ie 4 car lenghts should be abouth 240 feet. Most guys give a car count down to one or 1/2 a car, then go to feet. I have done the one car, 1/2 car, 1/4. 1/8 of a car, stop routine before but only a couple times. lol