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csx-dispatcher, <br /> <br /> LOL, I can't believe you call him spanky! That's great, but be careful he's really sensitive about that. I felt bad about telling that story, but I just couldn't resist. Bring on the nicknames, just make sure it's a good one! Talking to the crews, they already had a good one for me NDS = No *** Sense. <br /> <br /> Bret, <br /> I rode the L111 on Wednesday morning and the Q108 late that night, so I came through before you got out there. <br /> <br /> It was truly nice to see the territory I dispatch and get to talk to both the crews and M&W forces. I invited both to share their frustrations with me about the dispatching, and they did just that. I also got to experience some questionable dispatching from the crews point of view while I was riding this past week. Being on duty for 15 hours on a local brought me back to the days of being a conductor, and honestly, I don't miss them at all. <br /> I met with the M&W roadmaster and Roselake, IL and he spoke to me at length about the frustrations his workforce experiences on a daily basis. Communication, is the number one tool a dispatcher has and it is note being used to its full potential. The M&W folks have asked us not to tease them with the possiblity of time on the track if we know it's not going to happen. I've been told to be honest and tell them I can't get them out for hours and then they can go do work in a yard or something. And I know all to well that slow orders won't disappear unless the M&W are out there to fix them. It truly is a balancing act being a train dispatcher, trying to allow work on the track as well as getting trains across the railroad in an efficient manner. And with UPS peak season starting there is absolutely no leeway in holding up intermodal traffic for anything. But, <br />I can only try my best and hope for the most.
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