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Posted by 243129 on Wednesday, August 22, 2018 7:41 PM

Amtrak should introduce this into their curriculum at ChooChoo U.

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Posted by SD70Dude on Wednesday, August 22, 2018 7:58 PM

The freight railroads desperately need to take that class too!

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Posted by BaltACD on Wednesday, August 22, 2018 8:22 PM

243129
Amtrak should introduce this into their curriculum at ChooChoo U.

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Do Amtrak timetable schedules convey operating authority on the tracks which the trains operate?

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Posted by 243129 on Wednesday, August 22, 2018 8:37 PM

BaltACD

 

 
243129
Amtrak should introduce this into their curriculum at ChooChoo U.

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Do Amtrak timetable schedules convey operating authority on the tracks which the trains operate?

 

Trolling eh?

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Posted by zugmann on Wednesday, August 22, 2018 8:48 PM

243129
Trolling eh?

I don't think Balt is Canadien?

 

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Posted by SD70Dude on Wednesday, August 22, 2018 8:51 PM

zugmann
243129
Trolling eh?

I don't think Balt is Canadian?

--TOS zug

Careful, gotta watch that spelling.  Just because CN put it on boxcars doesn't make it right.

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Posted by zugmann on Wednesday, August 22, 2018 8:52 PM

SD70Dude
Careful, gotta watch that spelling. Just because CN put it on boxcars doesn't make it right.

What if it's on the right side of the boxcar? 

Et si c'est du bon côté du wagon?


le sniper original zug.

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Posted by SD70Dude on Wednesday, August 22, 2018 8:59 PM

zugmann
SD70Dude
Careful, gotta watch that spelling. Just because CN put it on boxcars doesn't make it right.

What if it's on the right side of the boxcar? 

Et si c'est du bon côté du wagon?


le sniper original zug.

This one is left:

http://www.alaskarails.org/sf/other-cars/ME/ME-cn-557362.jpg

Still not correct, over.

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Posted by zugmann on Wednesday, August 22, 2018 9:02 PM

SD70Dude
Still not correct, over.

Still think Candien with a E looks cooler.  I don't know why.

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Posted by BaltACD on Wednesday, August 22, 2018 9:04 PM

243129
 
BaltACD
 
243129
Amtrak should introduce this into their curriculum at ChooChoo U.

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Do Amtrak timetable schedules convey operating authority on the tracks which the trains operate? 

Trolling eh?

Since the Class 1's eliminated Timetable and Train Orders as a method of operation - Timetable schedules have not authorized train movements, therefore spending valuable training time on schedules is a waste of valuable training time on a bygone aspect of operations that is no longer being used to operate the railroad.

Schedule times are for the benefit of passengers and tangentally a do not leave station before time, because the passengers may be depending on the schedule time.

Train Dispatchers use schedule times as a measure of performance - not as authority for operation.

Crikey!

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Posted by SD70Dude on Wednesday, August 22, 2018 9:06 PM

zugmann
SD70Dude
Still not correct, over.

Still think Candien with a E looks cooler.  I don't know why.

Spelling stuff wrong is cool, for some reason.

"Amtrak" is the perfect example.  That or the shop didn't have any "C" stencils left.

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Posted by zugmann on Wednesday, August 22, 2018 9:08 PM

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"Amtrak" is the perfect example. That or the shop didn't have any "C" stencils left.

Thaat's because our friend from this thread wasn't in charge of the paint dep't!

 

If I had a dollar for everyone that only spelled  "zugmann" with one N, I'd probably have a few bucks.  Enough to buy a coffee or two, at least.

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Posted by SD70Dude on Wednesday, August 22, 2018 9:08 PM

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Crikey!

Never knew you were Australian!

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Posted by zugmann on Wednesday, August 22, 2018 9:09 PM

SD70Dude
Never knew you were Australian!

Australien.

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Posted by BaltACD on Wednesday, August 22, 2018 9:10 PM

SD70Dude
 
BaltACD

Crikey! 

Never knew you were Australian!

I ate at Outback several weeks ago!

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Posted by zugmann on Wednesday, August 22, 2018 9:16 PM

BaltACD
I ate at Outback several weeks ago!

You're qualified!

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Posted by Electroliner 1935 on Wednesday, August 22, 2018 9:19 PM

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I came on this forum(s) to make you folks aware of the dangerous hiring and training practices which have resulted in loss of life. Being the 'new guy on the block' my observations were met with skepticism and snide comments. I  reacted. I treat folks with respect and expect to be treated that way in kind. That did not happen here amongst those of you with the 'forum mentality' (read clique). Scroll back in this thread and you will find evidence of that which I state. Amtrak is an accident waiting to happen and sadly it is just a matter of time until the next one.

But when appropriate responses are presented to you, you  respond with questions about their credentials and/or snarling responses. We know you were a engineer with no accidents and were trained the old fashioned way. We have agreed that Amtrak has safety culture issues that neither you nor we can change. We know that Amtrak is not receptive to change. Perhaps you can state in a point by point fashion what you would like members of the forum to do to achieve the goals you would like to accomplish.

 
 
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Posted by Deggesty on Wednesday, August 22, 2018 9:22 PM

SD70Dude

 

 
zugmann
SD70Dude
Careful, gotta watch that spelling. Just because CN put it on boxcars doesn't make it right.

What if it's on the right side of the boxcar? 

Et si c'est du bon côté du wagon?


le sniper original zug.

 

 

This one is left:

http://www.alaskarails.org/sf/other-cars/ME/ME-cn-557362.jpg

Still not correct, over.

Je ne peux pas parle francais, je suis un Anglais.

 

You seem to write it pretty well, though.

je suis un americain. How's that for 65 years after studying the language in high school?

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Posted by 243129 on Wednesday, August 22, 2018 9:23 PM

Electroliner 1935

 

 
243129
I came on this forum(s) to make you folks aware of the dangerous hiring and training practices which have resulted in loss of life. Being the 'new guy on the block' my observations were met with skepticism and snide comments. I  reacted. I treat folks with respect and expect to be treated that way in kind. That did not happen here amongst those of you with the 'forum mentality' (read clique). Scroll back in this thread and you will find evidence of that which I state. Amtrak is an accident waiting to happen and sadly it is just a matter of time until the next one.

 

But when appropriate responses are presented to you, you  respond with questions about their credentials and/or snarling responses. We know you were a engineer with no accidents and were trained the old fashioned way. We have agreed that Amtrak has safety culture issues that neither you nor we can change. We know that Amtrak is not receptive to change. Perhaps you can state in a point by point fashion what you would like members of the forum to do to achieve the goals you would like to accomplish.

 
 
 

Present an appropriate response.

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Posted by zugmann on Wednesday, August 22, 2018 9:24 PM

Electroliner 1935
Perhaps you can state in a point by point fashion what you would like members of the forum to do to achieve the goals you would like to accomplish.

Just remember - my services don't come cheap.

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Posted by SD70Dude on Wednesday, August 22, 2018 9:25 PM

zugmann

If I had a dollar for everyone that only spelled  "zugmann" with one N, I'd probably have a few bucks.  Enough to buy a coffee or two, at least.

I may have contributed a few loonies* or toonies* to that fund in the past.

Surprisingly, autocorrect doesn't try to fix "Equestria".  That show must be a bigger deal than I thought.

*If you don't know what those are then I will reserve you a spot at Kanadian Kollege.  It's Kool!

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Posted by zugmann on Wednesday, August 22, 2018 9:27 PM

SD70Dude
*If you don't know what those are then I will reserve you a spot at Kanadian Kollege. It's Kool!

I've been to a Timmy Hortons.  So that makes me 1/4th Canadien.

 

Granted the Timmy Hortons was in PA, so, maybe 1/5th.

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Posted by SD70Dude on Wednesday, August 22, 2018 9:35 PM

zugmann

 Timmy Hortons

It's "Tims" or "Timmys".  I have actually never heard anyone say "Timmy Hortons" before.  

You have failed your first Klass.  Please take Kanadian slang again next term eh.

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Posted by SD70Dude on Wednesday, August 22, 2018 9:45 PM

Deggesty

You seem to write it pretty well, though.

je suis un americain. How's that for 65 years after studying the language in high school?

Not too shabby!

Google Translate wrote mine.

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Posted by zugmann on Wednesday, August 22, 2018 9:45 PM

SD70Dude
It's "Tims" or "Timmys". I have actually never heard anyone say "Timmy Hortons" before.

It's the PA Dutch pronunciation.

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Posted by charlie hebdo on Wednesday, August 22, 2018 10:31 PM

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I also have the "privilege of using Kalmbachs forums".

I hope not much longer.  Insulting Johnny Deggesty is simply not done.

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Posted by 243129 on Thursday, August 23, 2018 7:20 AM

charlie hebdo

 

 
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I also have the "privilege of using Kalmbachs forums".

 

I hope not much longer.  Insulting Johnny Deggesty is simply not done.

 

He has no more privileges than anyone else on this forum even though he acts as he does . 

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Posted by Deggesty on Thursday, August 23, 2018 7:59 AM

243129

 

 
charlie hebdo

 

 
243129
I also have the "privilege of using Kalmbachs forums".

 

I hope not much longer.  Insulting Johnny Deggesty is simply not done.

 

 

 

He has no more privileges than anyone else on this forum even though he acts as he does . 

 

I did not know that anybody had privileges; tell me, please, what privileges are available and how one gains such privileges.

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Posted by Deggesty on Thursday, August 23, 2018 8:03 AM

SD70Dude

 

 
zugmann

If I had a dollar for everyone that only spelled  "zugmann" with one N, I'd probably have a few bucks.  Enough to buy a coffee or two, at least.

 

 

I may have contributed a few loonies* or toonies* to that fund in the past.

Surprisingly, autocorrect doesn't try to fix "Equestria".  That show must be a bigger deal than I thought.

*If you don't know what those are then I will reserve you a spot at Kanadian Kollege.  It's Kool!

 

Hey, I know what a loonie is--I have even spent a few here and there. It seems to me that a toonie may be a double loonie?

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Posted by 243129 on Thursday, August 23, 2018 8:08 AM

Deggesty

 

 
243129

 

 
Deggesty

 

 
243129

 

 
charlie hebdo

243129:

Your attacks on the training of engineers with Amtrak by logical extension would include the training of many engineers on the freight lines.  True and also deficient?  That's a pretty broad brush of condemning most engineers, certainly those with less than 40 years' experience.  If not, how does the training on the freight lines differ?   

 

 

 

I speak only of that which I know and that is Amtrak.

 

 

 

I have the impression that everyone who has been following this thread is well aware of the scope of your knowledge and your ability to present it to other people. 

 

I do not see how iterating and reiterating your position will being about any change in the situation.

 

 

 

You have expressed annoyance twice before. Why do you continue to read this thread if it annoys you so much?

 

 

 

 

I am hoping that sometime soon you will realize the futility in contiuing to harp on the fact that Amtrak will not listen to you and then cease complaining to the people who have the privilege of using Kalmbach's forums.

 

 

Tell me you are not acting 'privileged'.

"I did not know that anybody had privileges; tell me, please, what privileges are available and how one gains such privileges."

I guess you gave them to yourself.

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