Stl Louis utilizing Kubata ATV ‘s allowing crews to drive out to trains. Eliminating van company. Fully operational con or eng are the drivers.
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You guys complain that the crew haulers aren’t safe drivers and bi--h that they can’t find you in the yard, but when the RR buys the UTV’a for you to haul yourself you complain about that too. YOU are the common denominator!! Every time I get in this site and see you guys bi-----g about what way the wind blows. Shut up, do your job and enjoy the paycheck you ungrateful pricks!!!
@ Rusty……yes, we deadhead crews home to negate the amount of people we have on consecutive starts. Evil….
We HAD to take the call at 6 hours 31 mins AFTER we tied up. On the 8th hour you were expected to be on time & on site to report for duty. CMS would report you as a missed call / layoff and you’d be written up. Then if I remember right we got to request extended rest. (xtra 90 mins) Turning and burning back then was terrible. This was one reason why I transferred out of train service. What I cant believe now is UP supposedly being the only carrier that circumvents the 5-6 starts rule within a week where train service employees are supposed to get 2-3 days off. Ive heard they circumvent that by deadheading crews even tho they there are trains close by in the line up. If this is true and UP purposely does this so train men cant have a couple days off after working 5-6 days straight shows how much UP doesnt care about their employees. Rumor is BNSF doesnt practice this and follows the HOS laws.
We did something similar in Adams There was a utility vehicle at the yard office for the crews to use when needed. The cheese heads rolled the truck and turned in an injury.
That's stupid! Take a call with only 6 1/2 hours into your rest. We at SP would hang the phone up and redo OUR rest for a FRA violation. No wonder you UPee fools are so
stUPid.
Time to sabotage the go carts.
That actually makes sense, unlike stopping train inspections
15+ years ago before the carloadings dropped. Many times I used to drive the vans from the sidings to a block away from the terminal and then would switch back to the Alex transportation driver. I’d do this bcuz the van drivers would be falling asleep while driving. I was too scared to nap in the van w/ some of those drivers. This was back when train crews only got 6 1/2 hours off before you’d be called back out.
I can’t wait so tired of riding with unsafe drivers who can’t stay awake.
That was a quick transition from: "you can't close the door yourself. let the limo driver do it because you might smash your finger off."
to:
"here's an offroad vehicle. have fun."
Wonder how long it'll take before the neighborhood realizes they're leaving vehicles unsecured for the taking 50% of the time? Not that we have any unsavory characters beside any of our fine railroad yards. I'm sure it'll be fine.
Free kubota in st Louis you say
I worked for another railroad many years ago and we drove a company truck to switch out crews when vans were tight. The received crew would drive the truck back to the yard office. Some guys complained about doing this, but most just wanted to get off the train and didn’t want to wait hours for a van to come available. I would rather drive myself than ride with most of the van drivers they hire anyway.
At our location, they have started telling crews to take a company truck out to a train. If the other crew is already gone, they're told to just leave keys in truck and somebody will come get it eventually. What could go wrong?
First step responsibility for future ground con