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The Dukes of Hazzard!!!! while loading Auto Carriers.
Posted by CMStPnP on Tuesday, December 19, 2023 10:28 AM

I thought it was only a TV show, not a railroad loading process.....lol

https://youtu.be/7ZIpw2H1Kaw

 

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Posted by BaltACD on Tuesday, December 19, 2023 10:45 AM

CMStPnP
I thought it was only a TV show, not a railroad loading process.....lol

https://youtu.be/7ZIpw2H1Kaw

Worked at B&O's Penn Mary Yard in Baltimore in the early 70's which was adjacent to the GM assembly plant in Baltimore.  When outside you would hear an awful lot of tire screaching all through the night.  What happens between the end of the assembly line and the car getting delivered to destination dealer - all bets are off.  Anything and everything can and does happen.

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Posted by Euclid on Tuesday, December 19, 2023 11:37 AM

What kind of deal is this?

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fV6XFU8b_Y

 

 

 

 

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Posted by CSSHEGEWISCH on Tuesday, December 19, 2023 12:05 PM

Not that unusual.  Back in the early 1960's, shortly after the autorack terminal for the Chicago Ford plant was built behind the South Shore embankment, I could remember hearing announcements over the PA system: "Slow down!  Slow down to about 5 MPH".

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Posted by BaltACD on Tuesday, December 19, 2023 12:56 PM

Euclid
What kind of deal is this? 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fV6XFU8b_Y

Post production Roof adjustment operation

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Posted by Backshop on Tuesday, December 19, 2023 1:08 PM

That had more to do with railroading than the purchase of a major railroad shipper by a foreign company?

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Posted by zugmann on Tuesday, December 19, 2023 1:09 PM

Backshop
That had more to do with railroading than the purchase of a major railroad shipper by a foreign company?

Esp. when those companies make rails.  Or even have their own in-plant railroads. 

 

Yet that strange camera thread remains?   

 shrugs.  

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


  

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Posted by PJS1 on Thursday, December 21, 2023 8:51 PM

CMStPnP
 I thought it was only a TV show, not a railroad loading process.....lol https://youtu.be/7ZIpw2H1Kaw 

If you see someone in central Texas that looks like the guy in the video, there is a good chance you will be looking at me.    

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Posted by samfp1943 on Thursday, December 21, 2023 9:39 PM

"LOADING"  activities, in particular those using automotive vehicles: The unspoken activity; lOAD AS "FAST" AS POSSIBLE ! It is all about PRODUCTION.

Whether it is loading Truck Auto Transports, Rail Cars, or River Barges, or even ships. The more one loads, the faster they can 'cycle' back for the next load....

Not a new paradigm, but the system for getting those vehicles onto their transportation.    No matter how things may change, they don;t seem to.  

  It is only the new observer, who is not understanding, what they are seeing.

 

 

 

 


 

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Posted by BaltACD on Friday, December 22, 2023 9:10 AM

samfp1943
"LOADING"  activities, in particular those using automotive vehicles: The unspoken activity; lOAD AS "FAST" AS POSSIBLE ! It is all about PRODUCTION.

Whether it is loading Truck Auto Transports, Rail Cars, or River Barges, or even ships. The more one loads, the faster they can 'cycle' back for the next load....

Not a new paradigm, but the system for getting those vehicles onto their transportation.    No matter how things may change, they don;t seem to.  

  It is only the new observer, who is not understanding, what they are seeing.

Pay for 'piece work' is the enticement for more production.  If you complete more pieces of production you get paid more.

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Posted by CSSHEGEWISCH on Friday, December 22, 2023 10:08 AM

BaltACD

 

 
samfp1943
"LOADING"  activities, in particular those using automotive vehicles: The unspoken activity; lOAD AS "FAST" AS POSSIBLE ! It is all about PRODUCTION.

Whether it is loading Truck Auto Transports, Rail Cars, or River Barges, or even ships. The more one loads, the faster they can 'cycle' back for the next load....

Not a new paradigm, but the system for getting those vehicles onto their transportation.    No matter how things may change, they don;t seem to.  

  It is only the new observer, who is not understanding, what they are seeing.

 

Pay for 'piece work' is the enticement for more production.  If you complete more pieces of production you get paid more.

 
It doesn't take a lot of effort to exceed rate.  It's a little harder to exceed rate without a lot of rejects for failing specs.
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Posted by BaltACD on Friday, December 22, 2023 2:07 PM

CSSHEGEWISCH
 
BaltACD 
samfp1943
"LOADING"  activities, in particular those using automotive vehicles: The unspoken activity; lOAD AS "FAST" AS POSSIBLE ! It is all about PRODUCTION.

Whether it is loading Truck Auto Transports, Rail Cars, or River Barges, or even ships. The more one loads, the faster they can 'cycle' back for the next load....

Not a new paradigm, but the system for getting those vehicles onto their transportation.    No matter how things may change, they don;t seem to.  

  It is only the new observer, who is not understanding, what they are seeing. 

Pay for 'piece work' is the enticement for more production.  If you complete more pieces of production you get paid more. 

 
It doesn't take a lot of effort to exceed rate.  It's a little harder to exceed rate without a lot of rejects for failing specs.

That is where Quality Controi enters the equation!  You don't pay 'Lucy on the production line'.

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