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One thing to remember, which I think most of us realize is that you cannot change the past. And things happen for a reason. Things also change because of what has happened in the past. What csxengineer98 needs to realize is that if Rick Gates accident did not occur it would have happened to someone else!!! And then that guy would have been the one sitting there on the hot seat. I for one am very happy that things have changed. I just started working on the railroad and I couldn't tell you how happy I am that drug/alcohol abuse are not prevalent anymore. I am from a new generation of railroad workers who have an entirely different mindset than the old timers. We have the benefit of learning from their mistakes as well as bad company policies. I don't know any other way to operate on the railroad than the way that I was taught, the same goes for the old timers. They used to do all kinds of dangerous stuff because everthing was about moving the trains along. The companies saw the workers as expendable. My instructors told me that they would be exluded by their co-workers if they did not join in on the "festivities" of drug use. Don't get me wrong, I value what the veterans have to say, and most of them do what they can to help me out, but they even tell me to do as they say, not as they do. And from day one I am not gonna let some hard head who can't move on from the old days screw things up. If some engineer refused to operate safely, i.e. speeding, etc. I'd pull that emergecy valve and call that dispatcher in no time. I'd tell that engineer he could cut his engines and keep going, but he's not going to take my train with him!!! I may only be 23 years old, but I have more sense than to sit there and let something happen when I have the control to stop it. That's just the way things are now. From all that has happened and all that I learned I have no excuse to turn the other cheek. I know there is a darker side to "safety, safety, safety" i.e. the rail companies pushing to change to paying out workmans comp instead of the better deal we have now, but believe me I will walk the line because working for the railroad is still one of the best jobs you can have!!! <br /> <br />Nathan "Out" [soapbox]
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