Oops somehow I missed that post of yours. Thanks for the link.
That bulletin is very concerning - it does clearly require buffer cars on the "front AND rear" of the LRC sets. Apparently the LRCs are so fragile that they can't even be placed alone behind a locomotive! There also doesn't seem to be any loophole that would allow in-service HEP coaches to be used as buffers (e.g. P42-HEP-LRC-LRC-HEP).
Hopefully with the warmer weather they're able to get more of the Venture sets in service so the restrictions on LRCs are less consequential. Nice to see in your post that the J-trains are back to running Venture sets. Hopefully that's a sign they've resolved the reliability issues they were having with the Siemens J-trains.
