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We did not stall on that hill as much as we needed to stop to get switches....cut the train in half yard it and come back for the rest. also alot of brakes had to be wound on to keep the cars from running away. i for one dont miss that damn hill. and the ore trains.

i can say this about the pay vs the lifestyle,as i did almost 10 years on conrail in T&E. all in all it's not that well paying a job compaired to normal hours factory worker jobs out there. I always thought the signal/ maintainers job would be the way to go if I had to do it over. I hired out an...

look up the RAILFAX website,do your own research.

looks like the bethlehem branch has some kind of cult following.

yep,i was always taught to bail them off to prevent sliding and never had a problem.

if they had only the "big brake" as it is called,the locomotive wheels would slide if you could not bail them off (with the independent)when braking a train. Also the ind brake works faster,great for switching with out air in the cars. You need both brakes in railroading.

dear tiredwife,if you made 100k a year and quit to fiil the void because of the RR job hubby has,good luck. The RR will never make up for that loss of income,been there done that.

if i heard some one at work use that term (lashup)we would have laughed at him.

Any train that was needed at the other end of the railroad was a HOT train on Conrail. Sometimes, if you announced to the dispatcher you had 9 hours on duty, you might become a hot train as you were now a 'short timer.' Short timer meant you were running on your last two hours before you outlawed an...

Well at least your expierenced engineer was not in the conductors chair sound asleep,while you ran. I will never forget how that felt.

jgallaway, thats too bad you did not keep up those qualifications,you need to make a trip every year or 6 months,to keep them right? Does NS make you qual for free everywhere? CR never paid for my Q trips to HBG from Reading,I figure they still owe me 1100 dollars for thast one.lol Man, when I think...

.........and NS today is nothing more than Conrail phase 2. The Govt/states money is being pumped in to a private corporation to help it compete with trucks and other forms of transportation......that is a fact

The next time your at a railfan/society event ,take notice of the ages of the people attending. this is not only a problem in this hobby but almost ALL organized groups. Attempts to bring in younger blood/families is an ongoing problem,couple this with very difficult economic conditions,and I dont s...

"unorganized sleep schedule" ?......... try unorganized life/work hours in general. you must be ready for all of it or you aint gonna make it.

good for you mike,it feels good to get the RR off your back,and have a normal life.