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I'm stumped, even Google is stumped. I've nothing better to do so I spent the better part of the last 2 hours searching and could find nary an answer...
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1 in 5 at UP are prior military. I served 7 years in the Navy as an aviation electrician. My experience proves very beneficial as a diesel electrician. Locomotive electrical systems are very similar to that of aircraft. What was your rating in the Coast Guard?
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If the rules say you can only smoke in a designated area, then only smoke in the designated area. Especially if you're new. Don't give the company a reason to can you right out of the gate. I work for UP, and we're a 100% smoke free company. With us, you can't smoke while on duty regardless of...
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IMHO, get your nomenclature right. You got the crew titles down, just realize modern crews on a diesel electric are only the Engineer who drives, and the Conductor, who is responsible for the freight. If your story takes place in the present, ditch the concept of an "engineering" car. Simply...
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You had the police called on you for trespassing. It had nothing to do with taking pictures. I'm a UP employee who's spent quite a bit of time over the years working along waysides and inside locomotives. Let me give you a rundown of what we consider trespassing:
Being on or within arm's reach...
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The BN, like UP and all the rest of the class 1's are more interested in dui's and major moving violations. A lot of the jobs in the respective mechanical departments require a valid license and in some cases, CDL. Your seat belt ticket being omitted shouldn't hurt you. But don't mention it...
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Enter the age of the in-cab camera. I just installed my third one this morning...
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They'll ask some technical questions, some general background type questions. But the big thing they'll hit on is safety. You are the safest mother trucker alive. You eat, sleep, drink, and make love to safety. Seriously.
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Sorry I missed your post. How did the test go?
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I've been hearing this rumor since I started with UP, and the guys I heard it from heard the same thing 20 years ago. One could argue that PTC would be a step toward one-man crews, I highly doubt it'll happen. How is one person going to operate movement on the ground and in the cab, among the...
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Exactly. When the engineer (not hostlers like the movie says. Hostlers aren't allowed to drive trains, only locomotive consists) saw that he was going to run a switch and didn't have enough room to stop short, he attempted to place the unit into full dynamics and applied the independent...
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Old bottles of booze aren't uncommon finds on locomotives that are at least 20 years old. With so many nooks and crannies, there's no telling what you'll find.
As far as what crews can do when the train is stopped, you won't find them on a laptop usually because there's no wifi in the boonies...
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The truth to the movie begins and ends with the fat guy jumping out of the unit in the yard.
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Haha..."Unstoppable." Worst depiction of railroading I've ever seen. It is, however, very loosely based on the CSX incident that happened near Toledo about 10 years ago.
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Bill nothing surprises me anymore. I work doing the PTC installs at the Denver Burnham shop. The first thing we do is remove every panel, door, and hatch in order to route the wires needed for the upgrade. I've pulled out condom wrappers, porno mags, cartons of cigarettes, whiskey bottles, you...
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