QUOTE: Originally posted by Soo 6604 A few years ago, I was listening to a train crew that was having problems losing air in sub-zero temps and the dispatcher was calling the train every 2 minutes or so, because the train was blocking the main and he had 3 other eastbounds (southbounds now) to get into Shops Yards and 2 of those were just about running dead on law. The engineer asked the conductor on another channel if he had found the problem yet (if i remember correctly, the train was only 50 cars or so) and the conductor came back with "F" this, "F" that, and the dispatcher can get his lazy @ss out here in the cold and find the "F-ing" problem himself. Channel 2 (which they were on to contact each other off the train) is the channel that Neenah Yard monitors and sometimes the dispatcher. Just so happened that the dispatcher went to channel 2 to see if he can assist with the possible problem. And you guessed it. He heard every word that was said from the conductor. The dispatcher just politely told the conductor that the 5 day suspension without pay would be a lot cheaper than the fine from the FCC. He also told him that there will be a cab at shops to take him back to Point (the crew took a train from Stevens point to Shops and then return back to Point with another). A friend knew the conductor and he received 3 week suspension and went back to yard duty (before the WC was union). So not only you have the FCC to worry about, it's the train masters, ect that who is listening
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