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i work for 1 railroad with 3 different classes of signals. chessie, seaboard, and now conrail signals. There are places that the signals don't just tell us to go or stop or slow down to cross over they space us out and in some places they are still set up for when there were cross overs back in the wooden wheel days . The "railroad' honestly has no clue what to do about the signal systems because some of them are seriously messed up and it takes a pileup or the fra to catch it. Crews young and old work over the same territory and see the same signals time and time again, untill one day they see a different signal that they don't understand since they have never passed before. Is it because they are tired or stupid or is it because its on a small piece of railroad that is left from 3 mergers and the signals are backwards from all 500-1000 miles of railroad that they are qualified on . Maybe if it was just dark we wouldn't have the troubles but now the fra is really putting the hurt on the dark territory. I know maybe they get a guy like at the airport with the flashlights with the cones directing traffic. Naaa. Almost everywhere on csx has to call signals on the radio, but we don't have to on our local divisions BUT the conductor must keep a log and write them down. some conductors ask for the speed if they don't have a speedometer i like to lie and tell i'm speeding and see if they right it down lol bottom line WE have to care about our safety the railroad doesn't
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