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Trains Mag Article on NS's 21Q

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Trains Mag Article on NS's 21Q
Posted by x railroader on Sunday, July 4, 2010 5:53 PM

Article was quite interesting but was it rally necessary to include the names of the crew??

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Posted by zugmann on Sunday, July 4, 2010 5:57 PM

x railroader

Article was quite interesting but was it rally necessary to include the names of the crew??

 

I didn't see the article - did the crew screw up?

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Posted by Paul_D_North_Jr on Sunday, July 4, 2010 9:04 PM
I believe the Original Poster is referring to Fred Frailey's "Trains Talk" blog post of June 22, 2010 -

"Train 21Q runs the Chicago gauntlet", which is not in the print edition but is instead 'on-line' at:

http://cs.trains.com/trccs/blogs/trains-talk/2010/06/22/train-21q-runs-the-chicago-gauntlet.aspx

No screw-ups at all by the crew, either mentioned by Mr. Frailey or that I could discern.

I don't understand why the names of the crew is an issue or objectionable - what should they be called instead, "Engineer A" and "Conductor B" ?

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Posted by jeaton on Sunday, July 4, 2010 9:18 PM

zugmann

x railroader

Article was quite interesting but was it rally necessary to include the names of the crew??

 

I didn't see the article - did the crew screw up?

It,s a blog by Fred Frailey in the "Trains Talk" section of the Trains' home page. 

I don't think it is necessary to name the crew, but Trains Magazine articles and stories about all aspects of the railroading business usually include the names of people involved. 

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Posted by ValleyX on Monday, July 5, 2010 12:57 AM

 I guess I really don't understand what the problem is.  Mr. Frailey, I'm sure, had all the permission from Norfolk Southern and proper forms signed to be there, so it isn't like the crew was sneaking him aboard.

 If he would ever ride with me, he could certainly use my name, I really and truly don't understand what your concern is.  Had the crew screwed up, he undoubtedly would have left that part out.

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