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Posted by cabforward on Wednesday, September 17, 2003 2:17 PM
so, let me get this straight.. engineers pull $50K plus/yr for driving a loco, and some people will pay $100-$250/hr. to operate a loco?

crazy!

where do i sign up?

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Posted by cabforward on Wednesday, September 17, 2003 2:17 PM
so, let me get this straight.. engineers pull $50K plus/yr for driving a loco, and some people will pay $100-$250/hr. to operate a loco?

crazy!

where do i sign up?

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Posted by wabash1 on Wednesday, September 17, 2003 4:11 PM
the conductor is never in charge of my train. its me the engineer. if i want to move it i will if i dont i wont. and there is nothing the conductor can do to change this. the fact is the conductor is the one who gets the blame if something goes wrong. but if the conductor is smart he will work with the engineer. the engineer will make it very hard on the conductor more so than the conductor can make it on the engineer. In most cases the conductor and engineer work fine together and have no problem even when you get buffs that want to look around. the thing is before we let someone up its decided who gets the blame if a official shows up. most generally i take the responsebility.
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Posted by wabash1 on Wednesday, September 17, 2003 4:11 PM
the conductor is never in charge of my train. its me the engineer. if i want to move it i will if i dont i wont. and there is nothing the conductor can do to change this. the fact is the conductor is the one who gets the blame if something goes wrong. but if the conductor is smart he will work with the engineer. the engineer will make it very hard on the conductor more so than the conductor can make it on the engineer. In most cases the conductor and engineer work fine together and have no problem even when you get buffs that want to look around. the thing is before we let someone up its decided who gets the blame if a official shows up. most generally i take the responsebility.

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