I've run LHA many times on the road and on switchers. It's not too bad in the yard except you can't see the switches sometimes but on the road...
The breeze out there on the bridge is pretty stiff quite often. You usually want the windows closed or your paperwork heads for the river but it's...
NS encountered some pretty high winds in Harrisburg Monday. No injuries but the bridge was closed for 24 hrs. or so. Local news coverage here.
True on all counts. I think that that's part of where the push for automation comes from...it's fairly obvious that you can't make people stop...
Everyone, it seems is in a rush to take the 'human' out of 'human error' by controlling increasingly complex functions with technology. The...
Don't know...but they could send those crummy GMTXs back and it wouldn't hurt my feelings.
Good point. I should have mentioned that all your RR service counts in that regard. Still, the seniority in your craft might make the difference...
There are exceptions to every rule on the railroad, especially NS so to take your example: You could start in the track dept. but if you then...
The only place you'll find traffic even close to that would be north of the lake on CSX's main. The Southern Tier is getting busier all the time...
If it's an NS unit, try this list of their locomotives. Not too much detail but a place to start.
Um...Where does NS still have firemen and oilers? The last fireman I saw was $1.50 pay differential and even that's gone now that we have trip rates.
Wayne was the first new friend I ever made out in cyberspace. Through Trainboard I got to know him and kind of forgot that he lived half a country...
Never ran out of air...just pulled the main res. down very low because only one compressor was working. Had to add another unit to get enough...
I heard of a time where the DS had had all he could take...set all the signals on his territory to Stop...got up from the desk and walked out....
Here's another old truck that's not exactly a railroad artifact but I found it along the tracks near Oneonta NY. No details on it but it'd be fun...
An ancient piece of equipment found along the way.
...and now that the fire's burned down a little...A few days chewing on something can make for a much cooler head...I'd like to make a suggestion....
I'm probably going to ruffle feathers here and if so, I apologize ahead of time...but I've seen these kinds of rants before and I've gotta tell...
That would be a first for anything out of Hollywood that had to do with trains.:pconfused:
Another tool to eliminate train crews is how we see them. The MOW guys now have to do what used to be done with a work train, including hauling...
