QUOTE: Originally posted by cherokee woman HEY!! I want a job on this railroad of ours. What do you want me to do? (and it better NOT be housekeeping: have enough trouble with that at home.) How about ticket taker?
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QUOTE: Originally posted by jeaton Jim-E&O Errors and Omissions. I'll get my insurance license and broker the deal. No conflict there. Jay[}:)]
QUOTE: Originally posted by jhhtrainsplanes QUOTE: Originally posted by locomutt Well,with all these other "GOOD" people running this,I guess I can kick in. I like the idea of a "Paw Print" for the herald,don't really care about the color of paint,so long as it is NOT yellow with any gray. You know,after thinking about this for awhile,I think we might really have a good chance of making a class railroad. Oh yeah,Has anybody come up with what uniforms would look like? I mean we can't go around looking scruffy and like we haven't changed clothes for several days. After all, we are professioals,aren't we. I'm not sure what job I would like to have,but for some reason,security comes to mind. I like telling people where they can go.[:D][:-^] Colors . . . well I kinda like Blue and Red (so would a lot of people out west) or we could jump coasts and go with a nice light blue (and don't forget a word or two about "Quality"), or we could go with a nice madrian orange and white (very visible but the orange looked Red when new and only looked orange when faded so lets just go a nice Red and White). I thought railroads were "self-insured"? So where do we get an E & O policy? (Kinda sounds like a good railroad nic, doesn't it? [:D] Walt, when you mention "security" and telling people where to go, did you have anyONE in mind? [}:)] [;)] [:D] <Jim can guess REAL GOOD.> [:p] Will we start using kitty litter as ballast? [:D] Replace bottled water with MILK? Is every Friday "Causual Day"? Clothing optional [}:)] Instead of "Bears" wearing engineer hats will our souvenirs be Cats being engineer hats. ( Hey this one could really CATch on. [;)] )
QUOTE: Originally posted by locomutt Well,with all these other "GOOD" people running this,I guess I can kick in. I like the idea of a "Paw Print" for the herald,don't really care about the color of paint,so long as it is NOT yellow with any gray. You know,after thinking about this for awhile,I think we might really have a good chance of making a class railroad. Oh yeah,Has anybody come up with what uniforms would look like? I mean we can't go around looking scruffy and like we haven't changed clothes for several days. After all, we are professioals,aren't we. I'm not sure what job I would like to have,but for some reason,security comes to mind. I like telling people where they can go.[:D][:-^]
Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!
QUOTE: Originally posted by Randy Stahl I still have an ALCO S-6 for sale, along with a GE 60 tonner. Randy
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QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard Ok, I bite... I take out a equity loan on the old house...sell the kids, and rent the Magnum out for joy rides, but I get to be the trainmaster.... So, what color other than battleship gray for the New, Employee Owned KCS? And who get to run TexMex? Mudchicken can be the chief engineer/MOW foreman...Mookie is administration/vice prez in charge of public relations, Kevin is the...well, what is Kevin.....ah ha! Motive power desk! LC is the super...and CSXengineer is roadforeman of engines... Keno is personel, and tree, (Larry) our safety officer... Hemphill can be chief dispatcher, first trick...(no more midnights....not bad Mark!) lots of jobs up for bids... So, whos in? Ed Ed
QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard Ok, I bite... lots of jobs up for bids... So, whos in? Ed
QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard I was asking for bids on jobs, we still need car knockers, I tagged you for chief dispatcher, but now... looks like I got promoted, and then stuck in Kansas.... Thats twice in one year.... Boy, this place if really really flat..... and last time, I got to take my dog... Think they got beavers here? Ed
QUOTE: Originally posted by M.W. Hemphill Just checking to see if you're planning to run the whole thing at restricted speed. That way you can get rid of an entire craft, you know, and make the yardmaster much happier, since he'll be boss of everything!
QUOTE: Originally posted by M.W. Hemphill Ed, Ed, Ed ... there's a whole big world out there beyond the Yard Limit sign.
QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard Lets see, For 200 million, lets suppose you buy say, 25 new MK1500Ds...at 1 million each, that leaves you 175 million,,,so at a average of 1 million per mile, you can buy 175 miles of railroad, forgeting the salries of employees, insurance, maintainance of buildings, administration cost, (did I mention insurance?) cost of fule, sand, oil, (55 gallon drums Texaco lube aint cheap) and on and on... You gotta raise a lot more that 200 million, althought that might get you a vote or two on UP"s board of directors, maybe... Ed
QUOTE: Originally posted by dragonslayer87 who would be the CEO, the HOBO?????
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