GLC GP38 incident
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I am that 1 % !
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To LansingRailFan's point the shoreline's at least do check forums and social media. I know of one railroad employee who posts here occasionally that was terminated over social media posts.
To Doktor No's point I don't know what it is like today but years ago the only people class ones could get into the operating supervisory ranks were guys who didn't have seniority to hold a steady job (they were stuck with whatever BS they were handed) or trainees hired from the outside. I used to know a road foreman who was in the former. After he took the job he followed the trains through his territory and figured out where corners got cut and who needed coaching. The crews respected him and they looked out for each other. One day he's called on the carpet for not writing enough violations. He explained violations were down. Broken knuckles, drawbars, yard derailments everything was down. His superiors told him if he wasn't writing violations he wasn't doing his job. Do some signal checks, too fast past an approach was an easy violation. He got back to the yard office, looked at the seniority list, discovered he could could hold a 2nd shift yard engine in Detroit and was gone. The next guy stuck with it about a year before Amtrak recruited him to the east coast.
To Doktor No's point I don't know what it is like today but years ago the only people class ones could get into the operating supervisory ranks were guys who didn't have seniority to hold a steady job (they were stuck with whatever BS they were handed) or trainees hired from the outside. I used to know a road foreman who was in the former. After he took the job he followed the trains through his territory and figured out where corners got cut and who needed coaching. The crews respected him and they looked out for each other. One day he's called on the carpet for not writing enough violations. He explained violations were down. Broken knuckles, drawbars, yard derailments everything was down. His superiors told him if he wasn't writing violations he wasn't doing his job. Do some signal checks, too fast past an approach was an easy violation. He got back to the yard office, looked at the seniority list, discovered he could could hold a 2nd shift yard engine in Detroit and was gone. The next guy stuck with it about a year before Amtrak recruited him to the east coast.
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Yes. SEIU
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How did SEIU become a railroad's representative? They specialize in housekeeping and service personnel.
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The same reason the UAW represents Casino workers. Need that sweet, sweet dues money.
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Any Union can represent any company. The specialty really doesn’t make a difference.
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FWIW, 397 will be going to Progress Rail to be rebuilt.
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Thanks for the update. My guess is that with the frame issue, it'll go via flatcar, as I doubt a class 1 will take it on it's own wheels...
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Will it be speced to gp38-3 anything engine done or will it just be the frame
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Or on the plymouth Clear 49
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SEIU took over the M of W union that had represented all of the non-running trades of the company.
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I'm glad they're opting to repair it. Seeing as how GLC uses almost all of their engines on a daily basis and that's one of my childhood engines, I'm glad to see it being repaired.
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How long have they had the 397?KingsleyRailFan wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 6:51 pmI'm glad they're opting to repair it. Seeing as how GLC uses almost all of their engines on a daily basis and that's one of my childhood engines, I'm glad to see it being repaired.
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2/15/2011 is the first picture of it on rrpics, previous life for 397 was UP 451(GP38-2) LLPX 2327(GP38-2) PC 8015(GP38-2) GLC 397(GP38-2) CR 8015(GP38-2) EMDX 815(GP38-2) build date is 8/1972ns8401 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 7:47 pmHow long have they had the 397?KingsleyRailFan wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 6:51 pmI'm glad they're opting to repair it. Seeing as how GLC uses almost all of their engines on a daily basis and that's one of my childhood engines, I'm glad to see it being repaired.
as we say on the garret sub for csx q003 and q004 clearin a signal Highball
Or on the plymouth Clear 49
Or on the plymouth Clear 49
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If 2011 is the first pic and it’s an engine from his childhood then I must be getting old...
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I was thinking the same thing.
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I'm a teenager but I'm getting old because i remember nkp 765 conrail and the gmtx on glc long ago
as we say on the garret sub for csx q003 and q004 clearin a signal Highball
Or on the plymouth Clear 49
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So is was built a year after my build date.AndrewsTrains wrote: ↑Thu Jan 21, 2021 10:00 amI'm a teenager but I'm getting old because i remember nkp 765 conrail and the gmtx on glc long ago
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LOL my moms as old as a cf7 fa unit build date on Indiana rrTC Man wrote: ↑Thu Jan 21, 2021 12:28 pmSo is was built a year after my build date.AndrewsTrains wrote: ↑Thu Jan 21, 2021 10:00 amI'm a teenager but I'm getting old because i remember nkp 765 conrail and the gmtx on glc long ago
as we say on the garret sub for csx q003 and q004 clearin a signal Highball
Or on the plymouth Clear 49
Or on the plymouth Clear 49
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I may be thinking of another engine. I remember most of the engines like that had that color scheme, and I distinctly remember seeing 397 a few times in 2012/2013. That was almost 10 years back.
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I'm amazed that 397 is being rebuilt. Seems like when a frame is bent that its usually the death knell of a locomotive.
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