I know how stuff got from point A to point B because I'm curious about it. I don't particularly care how it actually got there. They could be moving chicken in giant mountains on a barge for all care, just as long as there's chicken in the store and I have money to buy said chicken.
That conversation is typical for just about every business that runs more than one shift a day. Passdown, turn over, call it what they will it's just, typical.
I don't think it's any more of a key point in the day of the Engineers for the average Joe to be aware of than to be aware of what they ate for lunch.
Both just another piece of the puzzle to "keep things moving".
Aware of where things come from? How many people think electricity "comes from the wall"?
(And milk comes from the store..chops come on a plastic tray...Gas from the pump...etc.etc.)
(My Model Railroad, My Rules)
These are the opinions of an under 35 , from the east end of, and modeling, the same section of the Wheeling and Lake Erie railway. As well as a freelanced road (Austinville and Dynamite City railroad).
G Paine jmbjmb Meat comes in little wrapped packages in the store Can't be true that steak comes from cows, cows are stinkey!!
jmbjmb Meat comes in little wrapped packages in the store
Can't be true that steak comes from cows, cows are stinkey!!
jmbjmbMeat comes in little wrapped packages in the store
George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch
You mean to say that my food actually comes from somewhere BEFORE the store?!?
Ricky W.
HO scale Proto-freelancer.
My Railroad rules:
1: It's my railroad, my rules.
2: It's for having fun and enjoyment.
3: Any objections, consult above rules.
jmbjmb Nope. Most people are too far removed from their food to know where it comes from. Meat comes in little wrapped packages in the store. All of the infrastructure that makes life possible today is transparent to most people. We perhaps appreciate it a bit more because we study it's history and model it. But most have no idea. jim
Nope. Most people are too far removed from their food to know where it comes from. Meat comes in little wrapped packages in the store. All of the infrastructure that makes life possible today is transparent to most people. We perhaps appreciate it a bit more because we study it's history and model it. But most have no idea.
jim
Not a big deal. It is just as you say, a commercial.
Rich
If you ever fall over in public, pick yourself up and say “sorry it’s been a while since I inhabited a body.” And just walk away.
There is a current NS commercial where two engineers are talking during a shift change. Each one tells the other what he did (delivering things that keep our economy moving).
I wonder if that type of conversation-and realization of what railroads do for our country every day- is ever a part of anyone's awareness? Those fresh strawberries in your refrigerator, courtesy of Florida; that new smartphone you picked up at the store; that can of paint for the kids bedroom you bought at the home store- all shipped via rail!
Cedarwoodron