conductors have guarntee on pool turns on the UP
get bumped from what board, salary you are not even an employee there yet, so money no. and you might have your background done before training...
first of all the reading part is basic my five year old could pass it, so as far as help, it is very basic, there is no book you need to read just...
also what is a V-TRAIN, do you mean Z train (Z's are the real hotshot carrying UPS trailers and extra high priority stuff)
most manifest are 50 mph not 40 mph and how much would speed go down if you held every train that is a 50 to wait for a 70 mph train on another...
the reason that the other train was coming was that this happened in TWC - Track Warrant territory and the crew on the train in the siding called...
pay is by the day and hour (when you go to work you will get at least a days pay - depending on subdivision on how much that day is and then...
no they can the engineers can't
there is no DEAD MANS PEDAL but it is FRA that an alertor goes off about every 45-70 seconds and has to be acknowelged only if you do not touch...
12000 ton coal train is a tiny train (like 100 cars) and yes that is what I mean
as far as the engines facing opposite ways they just throw them together with whatever they have and whatever direction. The exception to that is...
that Headlight answer that was given about if the headlight switch is in DIM then the horn is hit you state that the ditch lights will...
No way ALL of them are in FULL dynamics, if it is a "big" hill then you will bury the dynamics on up to 28 EDBA and then take some air on the...
all good except that stack train where preceded to say that ALL the engines were in full dynamics, that is incorrect on the UP they have a rule...
its true that they are building them with the special paint schemes and they are going to be SD70 AC's the first two are the Missouri Pacific...
mostly takes that long because we have to get the train out of yard, no we do not slow down for towns. We stop alot along the way also, because...
with low senority like I have I am locked into it for awhile and if you want to go on another route you have to have senority and then get...
you have an assigned route like mine is Chicago, IL to Clinton, IA which will take anywhere from 6 to 12 hours, FRA mandate requires no actual...
working for the UP it is a mandortory thing that all locomotives I believe for every railroad have that yellow striping (I know for the UP it has...
hey vagabond, if you work in a yard you work with the remote engines (locos controlled by a box, no engineer) or with a engineer maiking switching...
