Outright refusal to take a train, once called, is usually a ticket to an investigation. However, if there is something genuinely wrong with the train (misplaced HAZMAT, defective locomotive, bad order cars, too many loads/empties together, etc) you have the right and responsiblity not to leave until corrective action is taken.
Boy do I sound like a Company Officer or what.
Also, you can refuse to take a call for a train, if you are not required to protect that service.
Nick
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Was talking to an engineer (won't mention the railroad) who was looking over his train and said, "This is a dangerous train... [all the light weight cars] are up front."
So, a week later and a couple of threads talking about train crew responsibilities... and here I am.
Under what circumstances can a train crew refuse to take out a train? I ask out of a complete and total lack of knowledge of railroad rules here. I would suspect that anyone refusing a job would probably end up making a career decision...
Thanks!
PS. As far as I know, "my" engineer took his train out and reached his destination without incident...
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