A quick hunt on Google found this......
All the furloughs are guys (and gals) hired in the last year. "Welcome to the railroad. There's the door."
You'll be in class 6 days a week for 3 weeks. During this time, you'll have at least a day, maybe two, outside, getting some hands on. How to...
The UP division point between Grand Juntion and Provo is Helper, UT. I would imagine, that the BNSF would probably use Helper or Price for their...
Our yard (Grand Junction, Colorado), has the older truss style towers. The look to be approximately 150' tall. North Yard in Denver, has a mix...
I'll try to ask around at work. Most of the engineers I work with are former Rio Grande/Southern Pacific hands. I gotta be subtle though......
So 2-3 days ago, a single car (actually a single truck) derailed in Gore Canyon. It was dragged for about a mile and rumors range from 6000 to...
Only locals and yard jobs are on set schedules. But there is lots of action in the Salt Late region. The Provo yard in particular comes to mind....
John, you're better equipped than the UP! :) And nice models too! :)
You guys don't understand. These are all STILL spot on! I'm a Conductor by the way... ;)
One of our local chairmen said that the talks were done in private, with local union leadership. Not with any of the national level muckity...
SD90MAC fuel tanks are 5000 gallon.
The signals are still broadcast on the same channels. Analog and digital radios worked side by side, with few issues. The only thing we noticed...
Union Pacific changed to all digital radios 12-18 months ago. IIRC, because of an FCC deadline. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised to find...
The NTSB hasn't released it's preliminary report, and the UP hasn't added any additional info. Unlike previous accidents, I haven't even heard...
This is the original DRGW, Western Division Superintendents office. If you had continued along this sidewalk, you would have seen a sign for the...
What ever you model in your derailment, make sure you have at least 3 times the number of managers as workers. Better make that 5 times. Bosses...
Yup. I'll work the yard when I can't hold a road job. The set schedule of a yard job is certainly attractive, and a lot of the guys that work in...
On the UP systems, kicking is only allowed at specific yards. It makes setting out cars seriously fast, but with today's rules and managers, it's...
I can tell you that at 21mph, 17 coal loads will pile up. But broken rail on a main will do that to ya. ;) The guys were lucky they got the 2...
