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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by n2cbo I used to work Summers in Sunnyside yard back in the mid 70's when I was in college, and Let me tell you, I never saw so much WASTE in my life. I was a car inspector. Our work rules limited us to two cars/train and two trains/ day. My day began at 8:00 AM when We (the inspection crew) punched in. We then proceded to the diner on Queens Blvd. for breakfast. After about an hour, The Crescent came in for service (if it wasn't late out of Washington (it was always on time south of DC because Southern ran it there)). I inspected two cars, and if nothing was wrong, I was done until the Broadway came in about 1:00 PM. Once I went over two cars, I was done for the day unless there were problems that required repair or (God Forbid) shopping a car. So if nothing was wrong, I "Worked" a grand total of 45 minutes a day, but paid for 8 hours. I don't know if any of this has changed (I left in 1998 when I finished College), but I can bet that there is still a lot of waste going on. Look, I know that not ALL of AMTRAK runs like that, but maybe if it could work a little more efficiently, AND provide SOME G O O D Customer Service, It may even come close to breaking even on it's DIRECT operating costs. I AM a supporter of AMTRAK, but it CAN'T just spend money like a drunken sailor either. (I am also MAD at how the Congress and the President are wasting our money elsewhere, after all it is OUR MONEY that is being wasted) Mark E. [/quote] Why on earth would you leave a job like that? [:D] It sounds like that isn't really the case anymore, in fact it sounds to me like the shop staff and car inspectors are spread fairly thin. I do always wonder how so much money can be spent abroad, and yet the US is forced to cut back services for it's own citizens, the ones footing the bill none-the-less. Oh well, it's not my Country, not my problem. [%-)]
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