Dynamite post Les. Me and a few others often wondered how it all got done after the clerks had their jobs cut.
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Re: Path to Yardmaster
by Freddy ¦ Wed Mar 19, 2014 4:50 pm ¦ Forum: Employment ¦ Topic: Path to Yardmaster ¦ Replies: 30 ¦ Views: 7636Re: another question about rail road mechanics
by Freddy ¦ Sun Mar 16, 2014 11:11 pm ¦ Forum: Employment ¦ Topic: another question about rail road mechanics ¦ Replies: 3 ¦ Views: 1160He'll still go to the REDI center for training and to get his safety certification. And he'll probably be taken on a tour of the car shop there in Atlanta towards the end.
Re: Confusing Email from CSX
by Freddy ¦ Thu Mar 13, 2014 9:55 am ¦ Forum: Employment ¦ Topic: Confusing Email from CSX ¦ Replies: 6 ¦ Views: 2367It's saying you weren't selected for the carmans job,and if you wish,you can apply for other open positions.
Re: Mechanic position
by Freddy ¦ Wed Mar 12, 2014 12:05 pm ¦ Forum: Employment ¦ Topic: Mechanic position ¦ Replies: 10 ¦ Views: 2658OK, sounds like both with be in the shops. Good luck, hope you get one or the other.
Re: Mechanic position
by Freddy ¦ Wed Mar 12, 2014 11:30 am ¦ Forum: Employment ¦ Topic: Mechanic position ¦ Replies: 10 ¦ Views: 2658When you say Mechanic do you mean in a car shop environment or as a Roadway Mechanic who would be assigned to follow a certain type of track gang, repairing and maintaining different track machinery?
Re: Wildlife collisions
by Freddy ¦ Mon Mar 10, 2014 6:19 pm ¦ Forum: Amtrak ¦ Topic: Wildlife collisions ¦ Replies: 36 ¦ Views: 5224Don't forget the 2 legged wildlife. It's also comforting to know you've got a full clip.
Re: SPIDERS- Work with them?
by Freddy ¦ Sun Mar 09, 2014 12:09 pm ¦ Forum: Employment ¦ Topic: SPIDERS- Work with them? ¦ Replies: 8 ¦ Views: 2408Ya'll need to come on down here to the sunny south and work in Alabama. I was checking a defect detector one day when a piggyback came by and there was a spider hanging from a set of trucks that was so big it tripped the flaps on the dragger. 
Re: Rename CSX
by Freddy ¦ Sat Mar 08, 2014 4:07 pm ¦ Forum: CSX Transportation including Pan Am ¦ Topic: Rename CSX ¦ Replies: 33 ¦ Views: 12013Biggest waste of money that ever was, was when Seaboard went to the Family Lines and then System System Railroad or maybe it was the other way around. The printers and neon sign makers made a mint cause the all the printed stationary was sh**canned, decals on vehicles were changed and the signs on t...
Re: DUI a deal breaker for aspiring conductor?
by Freddy ¦ Fri Mar 07, 2014 10:29 pm ¦ Forum: Employment ¦ Topic: DUI a deal breaker for aspiring conductor? ¦ Replies: 10 ¦ Views: 4796That's it, thanks Dutch.
Re: DUI a deal breaker for aspiring conductor?
by Freddy ¦ Fri Mar 07, 2014 7:53 pm ¦ Forum: Employment ¦ Topic: DUI a deal breaker for aspiring conductor? ¦ Replies: 10 ¦ Views: 4796Freddy wrote:And it's all inside a really high fence.Gadfly wrote:When I Googled it I got Missouri Dept. of Corrections. They must have a really small railroad that only runs in a circle.Freddy wrote:Define MODOC, somebody.
I thot it was a small town in Indiana!~
GF
Re: DUI a deal breaker for aspiring conductor?
by Freddy ¦ Fri Mar 07, 2014 7:50 pm ¦ Forum: Employment ¦ Topic: DUI a deal breaker for aspiring conductor? ¦ Replies: 10 ¦ Views: 4796Gadfly wrote:When I Googled it I got Missouri Dept. of Corrections. They must have a really small railroad that only runs in a circle.Freddy wrote:Define MODOC, somebody.
I thot it was a small town in Indiana!~
GF
Re: DUI a deal breaker for aspiring conductor?
by Freddy ¦ Fri Mar 07, 2014 12:26 pm ¦ Forum: Employment ¦ Topic: DUI a deal breaker for aspiring conductor? ¦ Replies: 10 ¦ Views: 4796Define MODOC, somebody.
Re: Wildlife collisions
by Freddy ¦ Fri Mar 07, 2014 10:26 am ¦ Forum: Amtrak ¦ Topic: Wildlife collisions ¦ Replies: 36 ¦ Views: 5224Back around 02 or so I was following behind a track inspector, giving all my stuff a 'look see' while he did his thing, when a 4 point came down off an embankment and slammed into the passenger door of my truck. He derailed the truck to where the passenger side ended up against the rail on the drive...
Re: Camp cars
by Freddy ¦ Thu Mar 06, 2014 11:21 am ¦ Forum: Norfolk Southern ¦ Topic: Camp cars ¦ Replies: 6 ¦ Views: 5483Living on camp cars is a miserable existence, especially Seaboard MofW which were converted boxcars.CSX finally got smart and got everybody out.
Re: Any new information on CSX's NYS Signal replacement?
by Freddy ¦ Wed Mar 05, 2014 12:18 pm ¦ Forum: New York State Railfan ¦ Topic: CSX signal replacement across New York State ¦ Replies: 940 ¦ Views: 233169Freddy wrote:The tubes contain Wide/Narrow band shunts for xing protection.That, and given where these are located, most likely TJCs(tuneable joint couplers).