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bawbyk-- <br /> <br />I gotta back wabash1 on this one. I think you misunderstand where he's coming from. Railroaders generally don't go out and intentionally break rules, but minor infractions do happen. The guy that nailed it best was csx engineer when he said that if you followed every little rule to the letter, you'd never get a train out of the yard, let alone over the road. Unfortunately, he's exactly right. That doesn't mean that we're out there doing stupid or unsafe things, it means that we do what we have to do to get the job done. <br /> <br />The thing you have to understand is this: Management tends to be very bureaucratic in the way they approach things. It doesn't make them bad guys and it doesn't mean they're out to get anybody. Anyone in management who's been out in the real world knows exactly how things get done, but they have to enforce the rules strictly because of a little thing called liability. If that's not enough, they have to deal with the real bureaucrats, the government people, as well. (Read FRA) The end result of this is that even the smallest technical infraction results in a major s--tstorm landing directly on your head, without benefit of a hardhat. It's certainly not impossible for this to happen because of a picture taken by a railfan. <br /> <br />I could go into a great deal more detail here, but enough said. <br /> <br />--JD
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