Hello Omaha We've got a Problem

[Anonymous]

We're short of available crews on CSX as well. I've been training in Brewer yard in Danville, IL for five weeks now. Heck, they wanna mark me up now if they could! Our extraboards are even at their last ropes. There are 15 people marked up on the extraboard, and 14 of them are on jobs. The only available person just tied up and has to rest 8 hrs and he'll be first out!!

[StillGrande]

QUOTE: Originally posted by broncoman

Be careful.....UPs got quite a few remotes on the west coast. I can just see a GP15-1 remote running on the point with 3 SD70Ms behind it, being run from a cubicle in India...If there is a way I am sure UP would try.

You think there is any connection with all those radio control units UP just ordered?

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by n_stephenson

We're short of available crews on CSX as well. I've been training in Brewer yard in Danville, IL for five weeks now. Heck, they wanna mark me up now if they could! Our extraboards are even at their last ropes. There are 15 people marked up on the extraboard, and 14 of them are on jobs. The only available person just tied up and has to rest 8 hrs and he'll be first out!!

With CSX that's no surprise

DOGGY

GO DUKE

[Anonymous]

In a call to *** Davison about these problems we got a message said this *** Davison Chairmen of Union Pacific Railroad was on a dead of hours stack train in Arizona near Gila Bend and we will not be back until the Railroad can hire 5,000 emplyoees

DOGGY

[Mookie]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Garwood Heine

If the Railroads don't have enough crews to move the freight, mabe they should consider hiring senior citizens, who have an excellent work ethic.
Garwood Heine

Mookie - reporting for engineer duty! And she has ethic fur!

[eastside]

Here's an article in the NY Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/31/business/31rail.html

[vsmith]

QUOTE: Originally posted by StillGrande

QUOTE: Originally posted by broncoman

Be careful.....UPs got quite a few remotes on the west coast. I can just see a GP15-1 remote running on the point with 3 SD70Ms behind it, being run from a cubicle in India...If there is a way I am sure UP would try.

You think there is any connection with all those radio control units UP just ordered?

If they wont hire engineers why would they hire a desk jockey in bangladesh? Hell, they'll just park a PC tied into the controls on the front hood of that big diesel, load a programmed floppy disk press "enter" and jump off!

And away we go !!!!!

[dharmon]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie

Mookie - reporting for engineer duty! And she has ethic fur!

That's sounds painful....you should see a doc.

[Anonymous]

You mean Mookie is an Locomotive enginner? This is weird

DOGGY
CUBS WIN

[edblysard]

Weird?

You dont know the half of it !!!!

Ed

[UPTRAIN]

It ain't a midwest problem.....at least here........we have crews all the time..........rarely park a train.

[pmsteamman]

Not a problem on the Detroit Division of CSX. Crews have just the right amount of time at home to do the family thing and still make a good paycheck.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard

Weird?

You dont know the half of it !!!!

Ed

SO what's the Story?

DOGGY

[Mookie]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Doggy

QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard

Weird?

You dont know the half of it !!!!

Ed

SO what's the Story?

DOGGY

Yeah Ed - which weird story are you going to tell - ? [;)]

[edblysard]

Uniheads, chocolate cupcake wars, and mudchickens, along with a typing cat?
Need it get any more weird?

Ed[:D]

[Mookie]

QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard

Uniheads, chocolate cupcake wars, and mudchickens, along with a typing cat?
Need it get any more weird?

Ed[:D]

Uniheads are very scarce and you hardly find a mudchicken any more, but the rest is just normal, everyday stuff........

Mook

[Anonymous]

Now maybe UP needs go to college's to recruite

DOGGY