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As a conductor for the BNSF at Needles, CA we have been turning and burning like crazy since the U.P. did not hire enough trainmen to operate their trains. We have been running Z trains with almost all UPS trailers on the train. <br />Last week I worked a Z train that had 97 UPS trailers on it, and a couple of days after that there was a Z with 114 UPS trailers. This has all taken place since U.P. has ask several of their customers to ship by truck and they will pay the difference in costs. This was published in the Wall Street Journal. We are working every 8 to 11 hours for the Engineers and about every 10 to 15 hours for the conductors. Business is usually like this only during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. Word has it that the U.P. is about to have another meltdown.
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