DaveO wrote: ↑Sun Oct 16, 2022 7:15 am
Seems they put the consist of 351 behind 353 but didn't have a spare HEP cable to connect the trains.
Why they didn't dump 351 engine into the siding and then connect the train???
Some not nice allegations about the onsite supervisors ability to do the job.
I can't stay quiet about this. Even if you dont have an extra HEP cable, one could easily be grabbed from the rear of 351 and used between the consists. Or better yet, set the engine out, combine the cars (with the newly available HEP cable!), tack the dead engine on the rear and get it to the shop. There is NO excuse for occupying dead cars with exposed sewage in the cabin area. ZERO. Lack of rear marker aside, don't those cars have a battery backup for when this happens? Additionally, having hoards of passengers walking all over the ROW on one of the busiest portions of the Chicago line is the real icing on the cake, and while NS is just as stupid sometimes I'm sure they weren't too pleased about that. Bottom line, you almost have to try to F up this bad. I know some of the AMTK guys are on these boards, and if there's anything wrong about my rant please feel free to chime in.
The overseeing management here not only dropped the ball, but they didn't even try to catch it. Several managers need to be canned for this, and whoever told the poor spokesperson to lie about it should go too. Can't blame the crew too much when managers were on site, but it looks bad for them regardless.
To quote Letterkenny: "F***ING EMBARRASSING."
According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way a bee should be able to fly. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The bee, of course, flies anyway because bees don't care what humans think is impossible.