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Freddie Krueger · Unstable & Irrational

RE: Fallen Brother

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"They like it. It's brought a bit of fun back into railroading," says John Hancock, a UTU general chairman on CSX. "It's kind of like model railroading.like having your own HO-scale train out there."

http://www.utu.org/worksite/detail_news.cfm?ArticleID=807

Calvin · Upgraded Condition?

Freddie Krueger wrote:

It's all foreign to me, what does it take to have three step on this frigging thing? The cut of cars started moving from a starting position 30 feet away in coast. The way boss Daly was giving us the briefing, he was comming across like he knew more than he was telling us. Smelled like bullshit in the room.

The Rule Book says 3-step on a RCO is Direction switch in Neutral and speed selector in Stop, and if necessary make a brake pipe reduction sufficient to hold equipment. (WTF In Coast)

You have to seperate equipment 50 feet before fouling equip. (WTF 30 ft)

SOFA says the cut of cars not coupled to the engine must be secured with handbrake(s) to ensure they dont move. The engine must have 3 step applied.

From what I have been told, after you are stopped, and the speed selector is in Stop; it takes 2 deliberate inputs at the same time to initiate an RCL movement. This is a safeguard for the OCU being bumped. When an RCO is told to move from a stopped position, the bell will ring before movement begins.

-- Edited by Calvin on Monday 11th of May 2009 07:45:57 PM

Mistah · D.O.A.

Maybe its those LED bulbs like in Russell............ confuse

Snippy · Force Majeure

Mistah wrote:
LED type lightbulbs used in lanterns are causing interference. New rule, LED bulbs are not to be used when operating RCO.

Sounds like some kind of Ripleys believe it or not shit dont it.......

On a railroad, it's believe it, or believe it. I still have trouble believing that an operating railroad union embraced this technology and opened the door to one person crews.

Calvin · Upgraded Condition?

Mistah wrote:
The reason according to **** and ****, the LED type lightbulbs used in lanterns are causing interference. New rule, LED bulbs are not to be used when operating RCO.

Sounds like some kind of Ripleys believe it or not shit dont it.......

Radio recievers and transmitters are regulated by the FCC to be able to withstand RFI, as well as to only emit so much RFI themselves.
I find it HARD to believe that a transmitting device could be compromised by a
9 VDC LED bulb, and be perfectly OK with a transmitting 5 watt VHF radio clipped to the operators belt in close proximity.
Around here the LED Headlights are popular. They have an elastic strap that keeps them snug on your head, and it leaves your hands free for other things. You dont need a lantern to give signals when youre working by yourself. Haven't heard of any troubles here.

Calvin · Upgraded Condition?

Snippy wrote:
I still have trouble believing that an operating railroad union embraced this technology and opened the door to one person crews.

UTU NEWS

Volume 31

April 1999

Number 4

UTU NEWS ONLINE EDITION
APRIL 1999
PROGRESS THROUGH UNITY

A Service of the United Transportation Union
Public Relations Department

Charles L. Little
International President
Roger D. Griffeth
International General Secretary & Treasurer

Editorial Offices:
UTU NEWS
14600 Detroit Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44107-4250
UTU@compuserve.com http://www.utu.org

TABLE OF CONTENTS
IN THIS EDITION

EDITORIALS

The moon, the stars, and a cold day ..............##M

A recent article in Railway Age titled "Locomotive Remote Control" extolling the marvels and virtues of beltpack technology in Canada has some tongues wagging. The article's author, Luther Miller, has bought into the myth that beltpacks are an invention as important to railroads as sliced bread was to peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

The writer quotes an unnamed senior U.S. railroad officer saying the railroads don't want to "antagonize the unions" and others (FRA, Congress) right now by trying to push these dangerous gadgets into service south of the 49th parallel. The officer says, "This is a big one, but the moon and stars aren't aligned right now to suggest that we would have any probability of success."

We think he should also throw in a cold day in... you know where. Beltpacks are dangerous and are a leading cause of death on the railroad and at steel mills. The unification of the UTU and BLE will help prevent beltpacks from endangering workers and taking jobs away from both locomotive engineers and conductors. No longer will the carriers be able to play one union off against the other on this subject. Those who think otherwise are misguided and shortsighted.

We believe in at least two-person crews, for safety and other strong reasons, from now well into the future. The new union will protect locomotive engineers and conductors equally from this misguided technological device. For that to change, the moon, the stars, a cold day in...and Jupiter will all have to be in alignment.

Troll · 500 - Internal Server Error

Calvin wrote:

Snippy wrote:
I still have trouble believing that an operating railroad union embraced this technology and opened the door to one person crews.
UTU NEWS
Volume 31 April 1999 Number 4
UTU NEWS ONLINE EDITION
APRIL 1999
PROGRESS THROUGH UNITY
A Service of the United Transportation Union
Public Relations Department
Charles L. Little
International President
Roger D. Griffeth
International General Secretary & Treasurer
Editorial Offices:
UTU NEWS
14600 Detroit Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44107-4250
UTU@compuserve.com http://www.utu.org
TABLE OF CONTENTS
IN THIS EDITION

EDITORIALS
The moon, the stars, and a cold day ..............##M

The moon, the stars, and a cold day ..............##M
A recent article in Railway Age titled "Locomotive Remote Control" extolling the marvels and virtues of beltpack technology in Canada has some tongues wagging. The article's author, Luther Miller, has bought into the myth that beltpacks are an invention as important to railroads as sliced bread was to peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
The writer quotes an unnamed senior U.S. railroad officer saying the railroads don't want to "antagonize the unions" and others (FRA, Congress) right now by trying to push these dangerous gadgets into service south of the 49th parallel. The officer says, "This is a big one, but the moon and stars aren't aligned right now to suggest that we would have any probability of success."
We think he should also throw in a cold day in... you know where. Beltpacks are dangerous and are a leading cause of death on the railroad and at steel mills. The unification of the UTU and BLE will help prevent beltpacks from endangering workers and taking jobs away from both locomotive engineers and conductors. No longer will the carriers be able to play one union off against the other on this subject. Those who think otherwise are misguided and shortsighted.
We believe in at least two-person crews, for safety and other strong reasons, from now well into the future. The new union will protect locomotive engineers and conductors equally from this misguided technological device. For that to change, the moon, the stars, a cold day in...and Jupiter will all have to be in alignment.

Mistah · D.O.A.

NTSB probes death of UTU member
BETHLEHEM, N.Y. A investigation into the death of a UTU member who was killed working at the CSX railyard in Selkirk is underway, the Daily Mail reports.
According to Bob Sullivan, a CSX spokesman, investigators are working to uncover the circumstances that led to the death of 33-year-old Jared C. Boehlke.

(Boehlke was a member of Local 212, Albany.)

Boehlke died after being hit by a train in the CSX Selkirk railyard just before 7 p.m. on Sunday.

Were investigating, said Sullivan. Were working with the Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation, the Bethlehem Police Department and the National Transportation Safety Board to investigate the circumstances and cause of the accident.

Sullivan added that they were going to let the investigation run its course and get a sound idea before speculating as how to the accident happened.

According to a NTSB spokesman, Investigator Ed Dobranetski was dispatched Monday morning to make a report of the incident.

It could take Dobranetski a few days to file a report and between six to 18 months before it is officially published, according to the NTSB spokesman.

Boehlke has been an employee of CSX for the past eight years and is survived by his wife Heather and their three-year-old daughter.

The UTU indicated that Boehlke and his family have been in the railroad business for generations.

His father is a conductor, and a brother Dave is a conductor who was on duty at the same time and accompanied him to the hospital, wrote George Casey, the UTU New England legislative director, on the unions Web site.

(This item appeared May 13, 2009, in the Daily Mail. Additional information added by UTU editors.)

May 13, 2009

Hoghead Bob · Unstable

How the fuck can you lift a knuckle with one of those fucking boxes strapped to your gut?

Railroaders place to shoot the shit.

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