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I have returned to the switchman's board at my home terminal to find some delightful news!!! The regular job that services Bunge Milling in Danville has been converted from Remote back to Convention due to the Remote engine taking off on its own. Bunge's local mananger quickly informed local management that he wanted no more remotes in his plant. Bunge is our biggest customer by far In Danville, as I believe it also the largest customer of NS in town as well. Thankfully common sense prevailed and it appears we will have engineers regular on this job[:D]. I was called to work this job Saturday night and it sure is nice to have a real, live person talking to you instead of some robotic voice nagging you about an illegal reverser change, etc. Plus the engineer can give me a few insights that I may have overlooked; nothing beats another pair of eyes on the job. For me becoming remote certified was nothing more than a neccesary evil and I really enjoy having an engineer on a yard job again. Now that it's getting cold (11 degrees tonight), I am able to hold 3rd shift. Unfortunately, my job will still be remote unless the system breaks down again, which wouldn't suprise me! <br /> Speaking of Bungee Milling, we only serve one very small part of the mill in Danville. NS services about 90 percent of the facility. It is one neat place to check out. I believe CSX has a 20million/year contract with Bungee; I can't imagine how big the contract is between NS and Bungee. Bungee seems to process everything imaginable out of grain into animal feeds, one of the beer ingredients for Budweiser, prodcucts for human consumption, etc. Does anyone have any interesting facts on Bungee or the milling process???
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