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WHAT DO YOU ENGINEERS CARRY IN YOUR BRIEFCASES

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Murphy Siding

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Wednesday, September 7, 2005 12:22 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie

QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding

QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie

Briefs...

You know, the sad part is.....it took me forever to figure out what your answer meant![%-)]

Legal Briefs, of course! In the event the railroad decides to do something drastic while you are away from home............[}:)]

You're too cool![:D]

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UP_North

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Posted by UP_North on Wednesday, September 7, 2005 11:35 AM

My GCOR, special instructions and timetable are on my Palm, so I don't carry all those stupid books. I also carry spare reversers, garbage bags, window cleaner, and Clorox wipes for the control stand and seat. My pesonal favorite is my portable DVD player for long delays.

wabash1

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Posted by wabash1 on Wednesday, September 7, 2005 7:37 AM

We never carry paper work with us .. and tieing the train down is setting the brakes puttingon hand brakes locking the engine, i dont take the reverser with me dont need it.

Mookie

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Posted by Mookie on Wednesday, September 7, 2005 6:01 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by wctransfer

Usually its time slips, food, radio, anyother thing they need.

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Mookie

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Posted by Mookie on Wednesday, September 7, 2005 5:59 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding

QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie

Briefs...

You know, the sad part is.....it took me forever to figure out what your answer meant![%-)]

Legal Briefs, of course! In the event the railroad decides to do something drastic while you are away from home............[}:)]

She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw

Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, September 6, 2005 8:59 PM

Put it in your pocket [:I]

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MP173

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Posted by MP173 on Tuesday, September 6, 2005 8:10 PM

What do you do with the reverser?

ed

wctransfer

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Posted by wctransfer on Tuesday, September 6, 2005 7:13 PM

Tying down the train is taking the reverser out, tying engine handbreaks, maybe som cars, and , some railroads want you to shut down the engines, for fuel purposes.

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Murphy Siding

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Tuesday, September 6, 2005 6:22 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie

Briefs...

You know, the sad part is.....it took me forever to figure out what your answer meant![%-)]

Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.

dharmon

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Posted by dharmon on Tuesday, September 6, 2005 5:25 PM

comb and mirror....you never know when you might show up on railpictures.net

chad thomas

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Posted by chad thomas on Tuesday, September 6, 2005 4:04 PM

Don't forget the duct tape......

csxengineer98

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Posted by csxengineer98 on Tuesday, September 6, 2005 4:02 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by jeaton

Coffee
Lunch
Maxim
Uncashed Paychecks
Away Terminal Phone Book (Unmarried engineers only)
Crossword Puzzles

wouldnt be any uncashed paychecks in any railroaders grip.... and the way from home phone book dose apply to married engineers also....
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adrianspeeder

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Posted by adrianspeeder on Tuesday, September 6, 2005 3:59 PM

Ya'll bring "choice" reading material along too?

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, September 6, 2005 2:11 PM

Anything you might need for an overnight stay! Over the road crews are out one day, return the next. Then the rule books, many in some cases, need to be carries, and some of them are quite large. Any forms needed for the job, like time slips, blank track warrents and ticket forms (for passenger trains). Lunch and coffee need to be carries also. Anything you might have at your desk, the train crew carries in a "Grip" usally a suit case.

gary rhebergen

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Murphy Siding

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Tuesday, September 6, 2005 11:53 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by samsooter@yahoo.com

QUOTE: Originally posted by MP173

Question for engineers/conductors...

Do you pack a meal with you? What do you do when you layover at the destination terminal? Do you go to a restaurant or deli and pickup something to take with you on the return trip?

I often hear dispatchers tell crews that are going to be at certain sidings for awhile to go get something to eat, as it will be awhile. Does one crew member go and the other stay?
ed

Yea one crew member might go pick something up for the both of us, because we are both to lazy to tie the train down. But if we are going to be somewhere for a very long time we will both go get something to eat.

What all is involved in tying down the train?

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morseman

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Posted by morseman on Tuesday, September 6, 2005 11:02 AM

thanks for all the info. I was wondering if only RR material was
to be carried in the case & not personal items which might have
to be carried in your personal bags.

Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, September 6, 2005 10:51 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by MP173

Question for engineers/conductors...

Do you pack a meal with you? What do you do when you layover at the destination terminal? Do you go to a restaurant or deli and pickup something to take with you on the return trip?

I often hear dispatchers tell crews that are going to be at certain sidings for awhile to go get something to eat, as it will be awhile. Does one crew member go and the other stay?
ed

Yea one crew member might go pick something up for the both of us, because we are both to lazy to tie the train down. But if we are going to be somewhere for a very long time we will both go get something to eat.

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, September 6, 2005 10:14 AM

I would think if the dispatcher says "Go eat" we are "GONE" at least it was that way in trucking.

I am thinking instead of that monster paperwork.. why not a small pocket viewer with a OS Palm style or similar that can interface with the railroad network?

I would imagine the might be other things in those grips such as a reading book to pass the slows and small things like coffee for when the away ternimal's pot was empty.

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MP173

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Posted by MP173 on Tuesday, September 6, 2005 9:44 AM

Question for engineers/conductors...

Do you pack a meal with you? What do you do when you layover at the destination terminal? Do you go to a restaurant or deli and pickup something to take with you on the return trip?

I often hear dispatchers tell crews that are going to be at certain sidings for awhile to go get something to eat, as it will be awhile. Does one crew member go and the other stay?
ed

Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, September 6, 2005 9:36 AM

The conductor carries the train list....we call our "brief cases," a Grip.

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Mookie

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Posted by Mookie on Tuesday, September 6, 2005 6:16 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by jeaton

Coffee
Lunch
Maxim
Uncashed Paychecks
Away Terminal Phone Book (Unmarried engineers only)
Crossword Puzzles

Briefs...

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jeaton

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Posted by jeaton on Tuesday, September 6, 2005 6:13 AM

Coffee
Lunch
Maxim
Uncashed Paychecks
Away Terminal Phone Book (Unmarried engineers only)
Crossword Puzzles

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csxengineer98

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Posted by csxengineer98 on Tuesday, September 6, 2005 5:05 AM

i dont carrrie a breifecase..but a laptop computer bag (but no laptop)....and that is full of rule books..time tables...maps... and a crap load of other paperwork that we have to carrie... as well as few trouble shooting books for locomotives... a book of locomotive work reports (incase the locomotive is out of them).... and i also carrie a back pack when on the road that has rain gear..clean change of clothing.. and basic tolityrs like toothbrush and shampoo deoderent...stuff like that...
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Dutchrailnut

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Posted by Dutchrailnut on Tuesday, September 6, 2005 3:54 AM

I got Timetable/rulebook / flashlight/portable radio/ reading material/small first aid kit, few small tools.

arbfbe

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Posted by arbfbe on Tuesday, September 6, 2005 3:15 AM

The common "brief case" you see is the rule book and related materials. It has been quite a while since the rule book and timetable would fit into the back pocket of your bib overalls. Yes, the brief case is just packed full with the GCOR, Timetables, Hazmat Response book and copies of some recent General Orders and Special Instructions. No room for a portable radio in there.

wabash1

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Posted by wabash1 on Monday, September 5, 2005 11:00 PM

why would a engineer need a radio?

wctransfer

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Posted by wctransfer on Monday, September 5, 2005 8:47 PM

Usually its time slips, food, radio, anyother thing they need.

Alec

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morseman

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WHAT DO YOU ENGINEERS CARRY IN YOUR BRIEFCASES

Posted by morseman on Monday, September 5, 2005 7:27 PM

when travelling on Amtrak I notice when engineers are boarding
their engines, whether psgr or freight, They usually have a voluminous
briefcase. I'm sure you have your GCOR, Amtrak rule book, NORAC
and/or other rule books, timetables, special instructions for the
route, etc.

Do you carry a consist of the cars & what you are carrying, What about
a list of dangerous commodities, etc. Do you have flares
& torpedoes or are these stocked in the cab Do you have your
own phone, or is one already in the cab when you board??????