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Posted by BaltACD on Monday, June 13, 2022 9:38 PM

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All I can say, the EHH version of CSX (which began in March 2017) was not the safety conscious CSX I retired from in 2016. 

A retired dispatcher friend who worked the IC back in the EHH days said much the same about him. 

A current CSX dispatcher says nothing much has changed.  I know that goes against the PSR is evil crowd, however it is the truth.

From experience - different railroad divisions - in many cases are different railroads separated by a common rule book.

On CSX, at least in the pre-EHH days, the Division Manager's ran their territories in multiple unique manners.  The management style ran the gamut of the legally acceptable - and maybe in some cases legally shady.

During my final 26 years I worked as a part of the Atlanta Division, Baltimore Division, Jacksonville Division, Mobile Division and Tampa Division.  Each was operated in its own way, with differing expectations of performance in similar situations.

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Posted by zugmann on Monday, June 13, 2022 8:59 PM

n012944
A current CSX dispatcher says nothing much has changed.  I know that goes against the PSR is evil crowd, however it is the truth.

Not even in avalaibility of extra crews or transport vans? 

 

It's been fun.  But it isn't much fun anymore.   Signing off for now. 


  

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Posted by n012944 on Monday, June 13, 2022 8:48 PM

charlie hebdo

 

 
BaltACD

All I can say, the EHH version of CSX (which began in March 2017) was not the safety conscious CSX I retired from in 2016.

 

 

 

A retired dispatcher friend who worked the IC back in the EHH days said much the same about him.

 

 

A current CSX dispatcher says nothing much has changed.  I know that goes against the PSR is evil crowd, however it is the truth.

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Posted by charlie hebdo on Monday, June 13, 2022 4:50 PM

BaltACD

All I can say, the EHH version of CSX (which began in March 2017) was not the safety conscious CSX I retired from in 2016.

 

A retired dispatcher friend who worked the IC back in the EHH days said much the same about him.

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Posted by n012944 on Saturday, June 11, 2022 4:04 PM

BaltACD

All I can say, the EHH version of CSX (which began in March 2017) was not the safety conscious CSX I retired from in 2016.

 

 

Nothing has really changed.

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Posted by Shadow the Cats owner on Thursday, June 9, 2022 12:07 PM

This case does have merit.  If your operating strategy won't allow for safety even during a hurricane hitting your system then you have major problems with safety.  Crap like this is why PSR is hated by the workers at the railroads themselves and their customers.  

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Posted by BaltACD on Wednesday, June 8, 2022 12:00 PM

All I can say, the EHH version of CSX (which began in March 2017) was not the safety conscious CSX I retired from in 2016.

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Posted by blue streak 1 on Wednesday, June 8, 2022 11:38 AM

Was this the incident where CSX refused to allow their track to be dammed up to prevent hurricane flooding?

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CSX sued for $5 mil+
Posted by JayBee on Wednesday, June 8, 2022 10:18 AM

I haven't seen this pop up on the Newswire or in the discussion forums. It seems that CSX carelessness caused the destruction of five freshly rebuilt locomotives being shipped to the port of Wilmington for onward dispatch to Boke Project in Guinea.

CSX pressed for summary dismissal but the judge sided with the insurance company Lloyd's of London.

The derailment in a washout also ended the careers of the traincrew due to injuries.

More info here

 

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