Thought you all might be interested in how the CSXT mess in the east is affecting things elsewhere (note last sentence). John Timm -----Original Message----- From: Craig L Shaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, November 23, 1999 5:37 AM Subject: WS: 7985 feet, it that all. >jeremy, > I bitched to McCarren, our new Eddie B. look alike, about a 9100' >manifest off the CSXT. We had the train and were hanging out the west >end of Lake Villa, we wouldn't fit anywhere else for a meet at Silver >Lake. When one of these dip shit disp. we have sez we need to shove back >in the clear so that we won't kill 218 and another train, we killed them >anyways. Wees sez, well the conductor will have walk back to rear to >protect the crossings, wees emphasize 9100' trying to get out it Dsp >sez, do whatever it takes. Wees cheat a little bit an pull the train up >6000 - 7000' and then shove back over the crossings almost 2 miles back. >Wees then pull out of siding and shove back 6000-7000' to shorten the >walk. then wees get hit five spots by the detector at Burlington further >snarling the RR. > The dsp asks where for the relief crew, we say Wauk, he says no >Rubgy. He runs us thru 10mph siding, 26.3 minutes. Wees talk to disp >with 20" left to move relief to a different road crossing, the relief is >asleep and turns radio off. We block a major YUPPIE NIMBY SUV road >crossing with 3000' of train hanging out. Relief shows up 20" later. >DSP constantly asking if we are moving. We reply every time, we are >dead, we off the train and there's no relief crew in sight. > McCarren, at employee meeting sez we have to dance their dance >with eastern road. Which means big train, but up nort, we run them short >WC style. > >Craig Shaw >Conductor Shops > ------------------------------------------------------ This is the Illiana Railroad Discussion List. For more info visit http://www.railcenter.com/illiana ------------------------------------------------------
