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How close are we to unmanned mainline freights?

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Wabash1, With all due respect, you cannot blame the new conductors for a system which has utterly destroyed the very foundation that creates conductors in the first place. In the name of the unholy and unmighty dollars, railroads have eliminated brakeman positions by the boatfulls, and have thrust new hires right into the captains seat without any practical hands on experience. The railroads view 5 weeks of formal class training and one week of hands on in a controlled environment as the equivalent of 30 years of working the ropes. I know this, I lived it, and its a bold face lie! The fact remains that because the brakeman position has all but been eliminated said some yard or industrial jobs, the ability for the junior member to work the brakeman slot on jobs day after day after day is now gone. No real opportunity to get experience under wisdom exists. Years ago, you had to take a test to become promoted to conductor. Not now! So please, without you feeling I singled you out, don't jump on the new conductors till you have sat in their seat and worn their boots. I tell you, its not easy being new out there and not readily accepted. What the railroads have done is not equitable nor fair, but the bottom line is....your a body, we've got a train, get it going, arrive on time, and don't worry about the rest. Any other disposition is localized and holds no conformity to the industry as a whole.
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