Edit post

Edit your reply below.

Post Body
Enter your post below.
Tim, With all due respect, I really need to be a little guarded here. Payroll data is a personal issue and to reveal too much about it's workings would approach my ethical boundaries. I don't think I'd want may salary to be dissected in a public forum. Also, it is a matter of contract provision between the crafts and management. In the limited information previously listed, the effort was to emphasize the complexity of all payroll systems. Now, all that said, let me try to answer some of your questions. Crew calling and transport is a function of a separate department called, believe it or not, Crew Call. This is a centralized office facility that keeps up with crews system wide. Generally, they arrange for crew taxis, deadhead trips, etc. and provide information for taxi invoice verification. Using a number code, each trip is recorded and that code must show correctly on the taxi invoice before it is approved for payment. Who has track time is not a matter of a power struggle. Maintenance of Way and Transportation each have a job to do and it's the dispatchers who coordinate this sharing. If the division engineer needs track time to replace crossties, he will get it as much as the schedule can accomodate. In high traffic areas, track time may be very limited, in which case, schedules can be rearranged or the job will take much longer than if he had no traffic with which to contend. I'm recalling one location where we were replacing a drawbridge amid a long trestle. The draw was to be completely replaced. The span was constructed in Japan, shipped to the U.S., assembled at a location about a mile from the bridge. The site was prepared and the new span floated in. The old span was removed and the new one installed and open within 12 hours, all in daylight hours. As there was no detour route available, trains were scheduled around construction and given the opposite 12-hour window for that day. This is an example of how the division engineer, the Mechanical Department and the Transportation Department of a division work together. Finally, yes, dispatchers are aware of on-duty time. I hope this answers some of your questions. Regards and have a safe day. gdc
Tags (Optional)
Tags are keywords that get attached to your post. They are used to categorize your submission and make it easier to search for. To add tags to your post type a tag into the box below and click the "Add Tag" button.
Add Tag