UPRR engineer wrote: And Golden Arm buddy, why would a master engineer such as yourself have "UPHILL SLOW, DOWNHILL FAST- TONNAGE FIRST, SAFETY LAST" at the bottom of every post? You dont like to run "The Rocket" trains? I love to run the heavy coal/soad ash trains as much as i do the "shooters". Just wondering whats behind that buddy.One of the oldest ones in the book. You can also substitute "profits" for "tonnage".
On the subject of bosses, I actually miss the old-timers. They'd call you on the carpet (more RR vernacular) and give it to you with both barrels. But that was the last you'd hear of it. These days a boss will pull you aside, tell you how you screwed up, don't do it again, I'm your buddy so everything's cool. A week later, I'm getting registered mail and my buddy is the charging officer. Where I work, the bosses forget where they came from in a hurry.
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