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Thanks everyone for your support as usual. I will most likely be on the road from Danville, IL to Chicago. I operate on the CSX between Danville and Woodland Junction. And then we run on UP controlled double main the rest of the way into Chicago up towards Dolton Junction where we can go any direction from there. fFrom Dolton we could jump on the Indiana Harbor Belt, back onto CSX, or go north and get on the Belt Railway. We can also take the Indiana Harbor Belt northwest up to Bensenville and enter the CP yard up there! Luckily I've been to just about every yard, I just would have liked to have put more trains away in them to know the yards better, but I promise I'll be good to my engineer!!! I feel comfortable running on the road and understanding my bulletins and other paperwork, it's more when I actually have to yard my train and then get the power to the service tracks. Then if I get lucky I can get called for the gravy road jobs that go south out of Danville down to Evansville, IN. There is also the yard, which I feel most comfortable in. But, I more than likely will not work the yard either, unless I get forced into Remote training, which is a possibility because I'm the lowest on senority right now and CSX just put a bid out on 2 positions. The biggest criticism engineers have given me is my radio communications. I give them too much information, I don't realize they know what I'm doing more than I actually do. Practice makes perfect, right??!! [C):-)]
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