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Re: Ringling Bros. Circus Train |
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Posted by ElectricTraction on Mon May 22 19:39:07 2017, in response to Re: Ringling Bros. Circus Train, posted by nasadowsk on Mon May 22 07:20:42 2017. I'm usually pro-union, but the LIRR seems to have taken union to an absurd extreme, all on the public's dime. The whole thing about getting paid twice if you operate diesel and electric in the same day is laughably absurd. This looks and smells like union work rules and ridiculous rules and procedures run amok.They have like 8-10 people on there, I lost count after two per locomotive. I would think the fireman would flag and cut the train, if there is a legitimate reason that they can't do that, maybe have a flagger/cutter in addition to the engineer and fireman. So what are the other 5 or 6 or 7 people on there doing? The freight railroads that handled this thing, as far as I can tell, had an enginer and a fireman on board, not 7 other people. Oh, and they had a protect engine following the thing. A protect engine for WHAT? They had four locomotive on the train already, plus if they needed more equipment for some reason, the train never got very far on the LIRR from the Jamaica shops. |
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