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The Krink


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I can tell you from experience that working for the

railroad you always being replaced by technology.

"The Long Arm of Technology" will reach you

in your railroad occupation at some point in the

future if it already hasnt. Cant say I agree with

the one-man crew as a train is one of those

modes of transportation that is way more invovled

than say somebody that runs a transit system

subway trainset. Moving freight from one part of

the country to another needs two qualified people

at the controls. This 2-man crew situation has been

going for a while now and it seems to work pretty

good. Situations exist on every railroad where a

one-man crew could be reality and I wont have

a say. From the GPNW point of view, dont think

the BNSF would consider running over Stevens

Pass with a one-man crew. Same with Stampede Pass.

Sure many of you traincrew members have been

seeing this "one-man crew" thing coming long ago.

But today you show up to work and its now a reality.

 

BNSF has tentative deal to run trains with 1 worker

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20140718/NEWS02/140719091/BNSF-has-tentative-deal-to-run-trains-with-1-worker



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Uh....

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Hooray for Uncle Warren! This may be Bucket's year for a Kersmus Bonus!

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Snippy wrote:

Uh....

 Uh...huh...



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Shoulda woulda coulda.

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Any day now...



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Hey Kyle, how many rules can you break in one company video and not get fired?

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Who the phukk is teaching these guys hand signs?

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Buckethead wrote:

Who the phukk is teaching these guys hand signs?

 That guy kind of gives them like he went to helicopter school. The LAMCO MacDonoughald's Scholl of Railroading Science teacher them the Nazi hand signals. Sig Heil!



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Then you can't hardly break them of what those MORAN'S taught them.

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Looking in my mirror, I see some pretty interesting hand signs. Not sure what a few really are...

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Any News?

They voted yesterday, counting today.

Almost 5PM Eastern time here. (quittin time) 

How long does it take to count the votes?



-- Edited by Calvin on Tuesday 9th of September 2014 01:44:50 PM

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Silly boy, they count the votes in Pacific Mountain Daylight Standard Time.

The results were in last week.

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Western Railroad Discussion > one man crew agreement defeated

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http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,3518575



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Rail union members vote down proposal to cut train crew size

By Curtis Tate

McClatchy Washington BureauSeptember 10, 2014

                                       A tentative agreement to reduce train crew size on one of the nations largest rail carriers has failed, according to the labor union whose members voted on it this week.

The pact would have eliminated on-board conductors on 60 percent of BNSF Railway, which spans the western two-thirds of the country.

The vote represents a defeat for the railroad, based in Fort Worth, Texas, and owned by billionaire investor Warren Buffett. BNSF sought union approval to operate most trains with a single engineer on lines protected by Positive Train Control, a collision-avoidance system required by Congress in 2008.

Under the pact, engineers would have received a pay boost, and conductors would have been given the opportunity to become engineers.

Trains carrying hazardous materials, including trains laden with large volumes of crude oil or ethanol, would still have operated with two people on board.

Earlier this year, following a deadly derailment of a crude oil train in Quebec last year that had a sole engineer, the Federal Railroad Administration proposed a rule that would have required two-person crews on most trains.

However, the rail industry argued that there was no data to support the governments assertion that two-person crews enhanced safety. And the National Transportation Safety Board takes no position on how many people are in the cab of a locomotive, as long as the train is protected by Positive Train Control.

Members represented by General Committee GO-001 of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air and Rail Transportation Workers voted on the proposal. The agreement would have applied to roughly 3,000 BNSF workers across several states.

A message the committee sent late Wednesday to members informed them that the proposal had failed, and that more detailed results would be available in coming weeks.

It also said that the committee would remain open to informal conversation about the matter with BNSF.


Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2014/09/10/239476_rail-union-members-vote-down-proposal.html?sp=/99/200/?rh=1&rh=1#storylink=cpy

 


Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2014/09/10/239476_rail-union-members-vote-down-proposal.html?sp=/99/200/?rh=1&rh=1#storyli


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