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I remember seeing the photo/headline on front page of the NY Daily News. (I was only 7 years old)

I hope this works out for you. I think you'll just have to accept whatever they offer/require. It would be nice to be able to reclaim your original seniority date but I wouldn't hold my breath on that. Wishing you a long and safe career! Pay into railroad retirement for many years on my behalf! :wink:

NJ Train Hurtles off Bridge

Engineer Spike wrote:Thanks Wayside, I didn't think about that. I was always taught to bail, just in case the interlock didn't work.

Hard to believe, Mr. Wayside, that Uncle Pete advertises the facility's location Indeed. It was originally the freight house for Omaha, site of the record-breaking auction/sale of the bankrupt railroad to E H Harriman and friends as shown in the photo on the other end of the link: https://i.pinimg....

Old timers called it Purple Palace, in honor of the train livery, which was probably designed by EMD:

http://www.american-rails.com/images/WColumbiaYd535.jpg

My experience with UP's Harriman Dispatch Center during a recent summer when the Muddy Missouri was escaping her banks and threatening the "bunker" (giant sand bags surrounded the building) was that a switch could be made to the alternate W. Omaha site in a matter of minutes, but shifting ...

Gilbert B Norman wrote:Ahh, good to learn that the dispatch center is located away from the Jacksonville HQ building on so aptly named - Water Street.

http://www.nyab.com/media/nyab_1/docume ... ip_074.pdf

Just a guess but it could be MR air from the DB interlock which had previously pressurized the actuation of the locomotive automatic brake.

Mr. Quinn was one of the best.

Don't pay attention to the gripers and complainers. UP is a good place to work.

Big Boy update:

http://www.up.com/aboutup/community/ins ... 5-2017.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

As a side note, Westinghouse Air Brake (or whatever they call themselves now) has a 150 car test rack of full brake equipment, all in one room, at their Wilmerding, PA facility. It's a cool thing to play with, and one can simulate everything that would happen with a real train's brake system.

My humble opinion is that CSX is in the process of bullying customers into shifting their priorities to fit the needs for the carrier's desired efficiency, which seems rather backwards to me. Several years ago I had the unique opportunity to have a frank but brief conversation with the late Jim Youn...