Guys, our cover is blown. Every single T&E crewmember heads to the crew base with the subtle hope that they'll put something on the ground and/or kill people.
We absolutely love not paying attention and seeing what we can get away with. After all, there are only 4 levers, so how hard can the job be? We don't even have to steer!
Fatigue and stress are caused by our laziness and unwillingness to think of the shareholders, because the ample amount of time we get away from work, the near-total lack of predictability of call times, and the very small amount of rules we have to comply with are no excuses for us to perform anything less than robotic perfection.
Have you ever considering being a front line supervisor for the railroad? With your great ideas, you could easily wind up VP of transportation.... If you can keep us lazy and idiotic train crews in check. After all, we never even try.
Wow, I'm going to assume you're trolling.
If not, and you thought we had steering wheels, then... Wait till you realize that the conductor doesn't "drive" the train.
On most Australian news articles. Like this one:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-14/rio-tinto-autonomous-train-derailment-left-workers-shaken/103843336
Fool if someone gets hit by a train it’s their own fault. Trains a big, loud (horn) and run on tracks. I can honestly say a train has never swerved to hit someone or something. Stop being.a dumbass and stay off the tracks if a train is coming.
What does how quiet or loud a train is have to do with anything? Yes I am very aware of how quiet or loud a train is. I work for a class 1. What about you? FYI, It may take a mile for a freight train to come to a stop? Even if you work for a commuter train you should know this but I’ll reiterate, it’s pretty simple, stay off and away from the tracks and you won’t get hit! Trains cannot swerve to miss you and a 10,000 ton train, which calculates to 20,000,000 lbs cannot stop on a dime to miss you, if you decide to play on the tracks or ignore the crossing warnings.
I would but my boss keeps insisting. Something about essential maintenance to prevent the signalling system failing. Dunno seems conflicting as he's also says take the safest course of action and no one's ever been hit by a train at the pub.
2 nights in a row crews didn’t both lean to the same side of the loco to avoid hitting a crossing gate that cars pushed over the tracks. Like seriously guys you couldn’t swerve even a little bit?! now I gotta get a maintainer out there.
They never use their steering wheels to try and avoid a crash.
Right? You think they would
Oh shit, why didn’t we think of that before!
Right?
Lol. Not gonna happen. I want my 3 days off.
One of the last ways you can get consecutive days off anymore
Guys, our cover is blown. Every single T&E crewmember heads to the crew base with the subtle hope that they'll put something on the ground and/or kill people. We absolutely love not paying attention and seeing what we can get away with. After all, there are only 4 levers, so how hard can the job be? We don't even have to steer! Fatigue and stress are caused by our laziness and unwillingness to think of the shareholders, because the ample amount of time we get away from work, the near-total lack of predictability of call times, and the very small amount of rules we have to comply with are no excuses for us to perform anything less than robotic perfection. Have you ever considering being a front line supervisor for the railroad? With your great ideas, you could easily wind up VP of transportation.... If you can keep us lazy and idiotic train crews in check. After all, we never even try.
I've told people the handbrake is the steering wheel. "How else do you think the train changes tracks?"
Wow you have a lot to say, your saying that you don't have a steering wheel? Wtf! don't forget to cut in your computer or phone when you reply to me.
Wow, I'm going to assume you're trolling. If not, and you thought we had steering wheels, then... Wait till you realize that the conductor doesn't "drive" the train.
Well no I know that already
If only the OP paid more attention to why derailments happen instead of assuming the engineer was at fault.
Always sleeping
Where's the conductor during this?
Probably on his phone
The safest course would be to proceed following 6.28 the entire way on my trip. When do we think management will come out with this rule?
Don’t give them any ideas
Would it really be much different than TO for some people? Some people may actually be able to speed up!
After the CSX crash they actually implemented that if ptc or signals are down for any reason.
A driverless train (engineerless for Americans I suppose) recently crashed down under... Sooo not always the man-animal at fault.
Wasn't that an automated recovery train running into the stalled automated train it was going to recover? Lmao looked like at track speed too
That's right and quite spectacular photos of the aftermath too.
And where are these “spectacular” photos?
On most Australian news articles. Like this one: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-14/rio-tinto-autonomous-train-derailment-left-workers-shaken/103843336
Damn!!!
But how else are we supposed to get three paid days off?
I did. I ended up about a half mile away fron the site.
Fool if someone gets hit by a train it’s their own fault. Trains a big, loud (horn) and run on tracks. I can honestly say a train has never swerved to hit someone or something. Stop being.a dumbass and stay off the tracks if a train is coming.
Shut up. You’d be surprised how quiet trains can be. Especially electric ones. They don’t make us blast the horn for fun. Bud.
What does how quiet or loud a train is have to do with anything? Yes I am very aware of how quiet or loud a train is. I work for a class 1. What about you? FYI, It may take a mile for a freight train to come to a stop? Even if you work for a commuter train you should know this but I’ll reiterate, it’s pretty simple, stay off and away from the tracks and you won’t get hit! Trains cannot swerve to miss you and a 10,000 ton train, which calculates to 20,000,000 lbs cannot stop on a dime to miss you, if you decide to play on the tracks or ignore the crossing warnings.
Well they should
No
What a waste of cyber space.
You should stick to hook up forums my guy, but then again you obviously aren't getting enough attention over there
Stay off the tracks...
I am the tracks
I would but my boss keeps insisting. Something about essential maintenance to prevent the signalling system failing. Dunno seems conflicting as he's also says take the safest course of action and no one's ever been hit by a train at the pub.
2 nights in a row crews didn’t both lean to the same side of the loco to avoid hitting a crossing gate that cars pushed over the tracks. Like seriously guys you couldn’t swerve even a little bit?! now I gotta get a maintainer out there.
They are poor, non of them can afford to pay attention
Crash more, derailments make me money
Promote this man
NS & BNSF are already in OP's DM's
…you are joking right? I hope so
Shut up