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[quote user="n012944"] When I work a desk that has Amtrak, I tell the trains, you are going in the hole for Amtrak.  For the most part, the "big picture" is not that had to figure out for the crews. [/quote] I appreciate your observation.  Having grown up in Altoona, I knew many engineers, fireman, conductors, etc. Most of them were the fathers of my friends. Some of them were friends of my father, and they frequently showed up at the house for a beer or two with my dad. All up the PRR employees that I knew were smart, capable, knowledgeable, and friendly. Most of them knew a great deal about the PRR and, more importantly, at least from my perspective, they took great pride in their role on the PRR. They were more than willing to share insights with a young whipper snapper who had a hundred questions for them. Whether they worked the Middle Division or the Pittsburgh Division, they knew the railroad like the backs of their hands. They knew where the problems were, why they were there, and how to deal with them. Even more impressive, many of them were PRR stockholders, and they had a pretty good idea of the financial health of the company. The notion that railroad crews don't know what is going on up and down the line, at least their portion of it, probably more often than not is wrong.
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