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Crew Change Points

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, September 14, 2003 7:31 PM
So, is it safe to assume that a hiring session in a given city is for a home terminal in that given city?
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Posted by wabash1 on Sunday, September 14, 2003 7:48 AM
just because it is a crew change point dont means it is a home terminal. in otherwords that might be the hub for all districts but it is a away from home site for all. and you are in a motel at that site or crew change point. in most cases where your home terminal is you should live within a 1hr 30 min call time and trust me sometimes this is not enough, and the caller might give you a short call. if you go to a hiring session you should plan on living as close to the home terminal as you can,
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Posted by wabash1 on Sunday, September 14, 2003 7:48 AM
just because it is a crew change point dont means it is a home terminal. in otherwords that might be the hub for all districts but it is a away from home site for all. and you are in a motel at that site or crew change point. in most cases where your home terminal is you should live within a 1hr 30 min call time and trust me sometimes this is not enough, and the caller might give you a short call. if you go to a hiring session you should plan on living as close to the home terminal as you can,
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Crew Change Points
Posted by Anonymous on Friday, September 12, 2003 4:36 PM
I was examining the UP-Subdivisions map and noticed the crew change positions.Go to that map and look and see what subdivisions "radiate" outward from a particular city and trace each one to the next crew change point which seperate each division.
So if you work in UP train service do you work on "one, some, or all" of the sub-divisions which radiate outward from that city?
Based on the answer to the above, does that mean you can live anywhere you want in the area as long as you can drive to a crew change point for your subdivision as long as you can get to the "crew change point" within the time frame of the call?
What I am wondering is, does the city you attend a UP hiring session in, indicate where you will be working, i.e. the sub-divisions that radiate out from that city?
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Crew Change Points
Posted by Anonymous on Friday, September 12, 2003 4:36 PM
I was examining the UP-Subdivisions map and noticed the crew change positions.Go to that map and look and see what subdivisions "radiate" outward from a particular city and trace each one to the next crew change point which seperate each division.
So if you work in UP train service do you work on "one, some, or all" of the sub-divisions which radiate outward from that city?
Based on the answer to the above, does that mean you can live anywhere you want in the area as long as you can drive to a crew change point for your subdivision as long as you can get to the "crew change point" within the time frame of the call?
What I am wondering is, does the city you attend a UP hiring session in, indicate where you will be working, i.e. the sub-divisions that radiate out from that city?

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