QUOTE: Originally posted by arbfbe csxengineer98: Where do you get the idea there WILL be assistance? Railroads will be long on talk but short of performance if past history is any indication. You can probably name dozens of locations in your territory that are just not possible to drive to. Do you think the railroad is going to just accept hours and hours of delays with the mainline tied up while you sit in the cab of the loco waiting for the 'utility' to come help you? Besides he is 70 miles away helping the local do a set out and pick up. You will be expected to strap on the belt pack, set the units up in RCL operation and head back to the break or other problem and "Just do as much as you can until we can get someone there". I've got news for you, there ain't no help coming. It is the Alamo, you are on your own. Hugh Jampton: I put it that it is more common that break in twos are caused by factors other than poor train handling by the engineer. I have about 28 years of experience to back up my claim. You would be surprised how many times the key just falls out of the car due to lack of maintenance, there are noteable casting flaws in the failed part, train make up sucks, undesired emergency brake aplications from the rear of the train, and longer, heavier trains with the same old e-grade steel in the F type knuckles. It will not be getting any better with the 305,000 lb cars coming online.
QUOTE: Originally posted by csmith9474 It comes back to some very basic points such as trying to swap a busted knuckle out 50 cars back with no assistance. The idiots trying to implement these changes have probably never had to lift more than their paper weights and coffee cups after stuffing their faces with doughnuts during a weekly conference call held to pat themselves on the back!!!!
QUOTE: Originally posted by Hugh Jampton QUOTE: Originally posted by csmith9474 It comes back to some very basic points such as trying to swap a busted knuckle out 50 cars back with no assistance. The idiots trying to implement these changes have probably never had to lift more than their paper weights and coffee cups after stuffing their faces with doughnuts during a weekly conference call held to pat themselves on the back!!!! Well,, what causes broken knuckles anyway?? I put it to you that most of the time it's poor train handling by bad engineers who deserve to be changing their own knucles,, or be in a diferent form of employment. I hear Wal-Mart is hiring.
QUOTE: Originally posted by csxengineer98 QUOTE: Originally posted by n_stephenson The FRA inspectors playing mum on the 1-man crew brings up a common attitude in the present era of railroading. Everybody is trying to limit their liability, which is understandable in a world where it is always somebody's fault and that "somebody" has to pay. It's kind of like when you call the train dispatcher to find out if you are lined up through a town and you can't see the signal till you're on it, the dispatcher will tell you "signal indication" which basically doesn't help you any and clears them of any liability because they never said you were lined up. It's just another one of those frustrating parts of railroading. you cant take anyones word for it anyways...even if he told you you where lined..you still have to go into the signal looking out....and thier are rules in the book that cover this... csx engineer
QUOTE: Originally posted by n_stephenson The FRA inspectors playing mum on the 1-man crew brings up a common attitude in the present era of railroading. Everybody is trying to limit their liability, which is understandable in a world where it is always somebody's fault and that "somebody" has to pay. It's kind of like when you call the train dispatcher to find out if you are lined up through a town and you can't see the signal till you're on it, the dispatcher will tell you "signal indication" which basically doesn't help you any and clears them of any liability because they never said you were lined up. It's just another one of those frustrating parts of railroading.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by zardoz If the railroads and unions could get together to get rid of the 24/7 on-call BS, perhaps the lack-of-sleep issue would be moot. I know there always needs to be an extra board, but the freight pools could be better organized such that reporting times would be somewhat more predictable. And with all due respect to the conductors still working, I, too, have been angered by the amount of sleeping by guy in the left seat. And to top it off, those are the guys that seem to view the lay-over time at the hotel as party time, then want to sleep again on the return trip after being awake during layover. I nodded off behind the throttle a few times at around 3am, only to jolt awake and see the conductor also asleep.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by csxengineer98 QUOTE: Originally posted by BigJim dont need anyone to safly stop the train..they do it already....the alerter will bring you to a controlled stop if you dont reset it within the time limit csx engineer
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