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I have enjoyed the Ontairo 76 TA stories regarding the Whiskey. I also have enjoyed the hospitality of Ontario (Ambassador-Buffalo) The whisky bit got me laughing today because I hope no one comes up to me asking about cheap steak. (I keep the steaks to myself once everything is settled with claims even today I am not so sure if it was all above board although the entire company on both sides told me gwan.. take it home!) I have to express surprise that the onboard computers would even allow Pyros to run that high. 1100 or so is the highest Ive seen and that was on Vermont's 18%er near the Canada Border. Certainly the newer alloys must be higher in heat tolerance these days. Churn (Aka driver turn over) is a problem. Railroads dont have much churn however they treat power like a commodity. Airlines simply park the plane at the gate and find pilots to man it. Pilots make like 150,000+ and perhaps fly 30 hours a month. But when they do fly they are absolutely under great stress every second from gate to gate. Yes I agree with the 4,000 to 7,000 cost of replacing a driver. What bothers me is some companies refuse to replace a set of Bobtail tires at 3,000 dollars + Shop work twice a year to keep everything on the road. Pups that run LTL usually run out of say... little rock, meet a driver somewhere 250 miles away, swap trailers (Doubles) and return. Home every night. I think some of these are union with the pay and benefits that makes it all worth while. But god help them pups in bad weather as they cannot hold the road as well as the heavies. Or bad roads.
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