Railroad speeding tickets?

[samfp1943]

diningcar

There are stories from the steam engine days (Casey Jones for example) but one I heard from my former employer goes like this:

Engineer 'Hank' was known to make up time when trains were late and he was actually put on trains for that purpose. His fromer Superintendent was now the AGM and on this day his business car was on the rear of a crack passenger train that was running late, and with 'Hank' at the throtle. When the train arrived at the crew change station the AGM was standing on the platform as 'Hank' walked by. The AGM said " 'Hank' my speedometer in the car indicated you were ten MPH over the speed allowed between MP 685 and MP 692. 'Hanks' response was  "I never saw you go around me" as he continued walking to sign out. 

 

   One of the stories about passenger railroading in Mississippi, that was occasional brought up in conversations, was told about small towns in Mississippi on the "Mainline of Mid-America' and Passenger trains. [paraphrased] "...There are towns, that in the afternoons and evenings when the passenger train goes through, it is moving so fast that the hammer on the gong, on the crossing will only get to half-cocked, before the train is gone.." 

Some were known to use the description of a train passing through so fast that it sucked the trash out of the ditches on 'both' sides of the railroad...

[diningcar]

There are stories from the steam engine days (Casey Jones for example) but one I heard from my former employer goes like this:

Engineer 'Hank' was known to make up time when trains were late and he was actually put on trains for that purpose. His fromer Superintendent was now the AGM and on this day his business car was on the rear of a crack passenger train that was running late, and with 'Hank' at the throtle. When the train arrived at the crew change station the AGM was standing on the platform as 'Hank' walked by. The AGM said " 'Hank' my speedometer in the car indicated you were ten MPH over the speed allowed between MP 685 and MP 692. 'Hanks' response was  "I never saw you go around me" as he continued walking to sign out. 

[traisessive1]

With Wi-Tronix on the engines they don't even have to download you. They already know.

Speeding isn't worth it. There are no tickets or fines but as mentioned before just discipline or termination. 

[Anonymous]

Hi Lindsay, in my experience with running on the rails we don't get a chance to get a speeding ticket. We get fired. It may be for only a couple of weeks or it could be perminate depending on the outcome of an investigation, and there is allways an investigation! Railroads love investigations. FRA mandates a max of 5% or 5 mph over the speed restriction before termination is manditory. But most railroads have a zero tolerance policy. Do to litigations in court etc. if speeding is involved in a RR crossing incident. James.

[Anonymous]

yes, you,d better believe RR engineers have speed limits to follow. Randomly our companies locos are downloaded to see if proper speed limits are run. Also, another way to look at it. If an engineer is trying to make a little extra overtime and running under the speed limit than the supervision can also spot this. An engineer can be taken out of service just by exceeding the speed limit by a couple of miles per hour.

[Anonymous]

speeds are preset and regulated by RR. I've seen charts that shows designated speeds for different rail systems..now who is to say the the RR engineer doesn't like to sneak on down the tracks..they have a predestined schedule to go by..

[Anonymous]

If cars and trucks can get speeding tickets on our
nations highways, can trains also get speeding
tickets on our nations rail system? If so, how?