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Re: NS Questions

 by Dewoc19 ¦  Tue Sep 17, 2013 8:59 am ¦  Forum: Employment ¦  Topic: NS Questions ¦  Replies: 3 ¦  Views: 3296

1 week after 1 year
2 weeks after 2 years
3 weeks after 8 years
4 weeks after 15 years
5 weeks after 25 years

And once you are promoted to engineer you stay at 100% except for you time as and LET where you get LET pay (engineers student pay) its like $200/wk or somewhere there abouts

Re: how many of you have seen a heritage unit in person

 by Dewoc19 ¦  Sat Sep 14, 2013 3:22 am ¦  Forum: Norfolk Southern ¦  Topic: how many of you have seen a heritage unit in person ¦  Replies: 103 ¦  Views: 42603

3 separate heritage units withing a hour and a half of each other but a total of 4 sightings yesterday First was NS 1071 Central RR of NJ leading 23K on a filleted single stack train to NS 55th St Yard from Buffalo, NY Then came NS 8025 Monongahela leading 37M mixed freight to The Belt Railway of Ch...

Re: how many of you have seen a heritage unit in person

 by Dewoc19 ¦  Wed Sep 11, 2013 1:31 pm ¦  Forum: Norfolk Southern ¦  Topic: how many of you have seen a heritage unit in person ¦  Replies: 103 ¦  Views: 42603

NS 8114 Norfolk Southern (Original) was the DPU on 65R heading west to 18th & Western on the BN, Engine was facing West going through Whiting, IN Wabash (x4) - 64R, Unassigned, Z5R, Z4R Interstate (x2) - 65R, 65R Illinois Terminal - 65R Conrail - Light Power Honoring Our Veterans - Light Power M...

Re: how many of you have seen a heritage unit in person

 by Dewoc19 ¦  Sun Sep 01, 2013 10:52 pm ¦  Forum: Norfolk Southern ¦  Topic: how many of you have seen a heritage unit in person ¦  Replies: 103 ¦  Views: 42603

NS 8099 Southern led 31Q along with NS 8134 (ES44AC) to NS Calumet yard from Elkhart to Chicago Wabash (x4) - 64R, Unassigned, Z5R, Z4R Interstate (x2) - 65R, 65R Illinois Terminal - 65R Conrail - Light Power Honoring Our Veterans - Light Power Monongahela (x2) - 64R, 64R Central of Georgia - 23Z No...

Re: how many of you have seen a heritage unit in person

 by Dewoc19 ¦  Sun Sep 01, 2013 7:49 pm ¦  Forum: Norfolk Southern ¦  Topic: how many of you have seen a heritage unit in person ¦  Replies: 103 ¦  Views: 42603

So thats why you make them an offer they cant refuse.

I dont live at 18th & Western, if I did, I would probably have caught every HU to ever go through there, I have missed my fair share of them

Re: how many of you have seen a heritage unit in person

 by Dewoc19 ¦  Sun Sep 01, 2013 10:52 am ¦  Forum: Norfolk Southern ¦  Topic: how many of you have seen a heritage unit in person ¦  Replies: 103 ¦  Views: 42603

NS 1067 Reading was 3rd unit facing West on U ELUNSW0 30T (NS 64W) @ 18th & Western, CSX 987 leading, NS 1043 2nd unit with NS 1067 3rd out, no DPU back East to Reybold, DE Wabash (x4) - 64R, Unassigned, Z5R, Z4R Interstate (x2) - 65R, 65R Illinois Terminal - 65R Conrail - Light Power Honoring O...

Re: how many of you have seen a heritage unit in person

 by Dewoc19 ¦  Fri Aug 30, 2013 4:29 am ¦  Forum: Norfolk Southern ¦  Topic: how many of you have seen a heritage unit in person ¦  Replies: 103 ¦  Views: 42603

UP 1995 Chicago & Northwestern (C&NW) was leading going East on the ZLAAH to NS Ashland Ave Yard today in Chicago, IL Wabash (x4) - 64R, Unassigned, Z5R, Z4R Interstate (x2) - 65R, 65R Illinois Terminal - 65R Conrail - Light Power Honoring Our Veterans - Light Power Monongahela (x2) - 64R, 6...

Re: how many of you have seen a heritage unit in person

 by Dewoc19 ¦  Mon Aug 26, 2013 2:08 pm ¦  Forum: Norfolk Southern ¦  Topic: how many of you have seen a heritage unit in person ¦  Replies: 103 ¦  Views: 42603

Gilbert, thats not the case at all, typically the train (say for arguments sake) going East pulls into the oil refinery, the reason the engine would be trailing coming back is they dont have a place to wye/spin the power or its not a loop track where they just continuously pull through a track that ...

Re: how many of you have seen a heritage unit in person

 by Dewoc19 ¦  Mon Aug 26, 2013 9:19 am ¦  Forum: Norfolk Southern ¦  Topic: how many of you have seen a heritage unit in person ¦  Replies: 103 ¦  Views: 42603

3 heritage units yesterday, first was NS 8114 Norfolk Southern (Original) trailing on Z4R going back East to Reybold, DE at 18th & Western on the BN in Chicago Next was NS 1067 Reading leading on 65W also @ 18th & Western going West to ND Lastly was Amtrak 42 Veterans, trailing locomotive he...

Re: how many of you have seen a heritage unit in person

 by Dewoc19 ¦  Fri Aug 23, 2013 10:22 am ¦  Forum: Norfolk Southern ¦  Topic: how many of you have seen a heritage unit in person ¦  Replies: 103 ¦  Views: 42603

NS 1070 Wabash was on Z4R @ 18th & Western yesterday in Chicago going East back to Reybold, DE. It was 2nd of 3 units with a BN unit 3rd out and no DPU Wabash (x4) - 64R, Unassigned, Z5R, Z4R Interstate (x2) - 65R, 65R Illinois Terminal - 65R Conrail - Light Power Honoring Our Veterans - Light P...

Re: how many of you have seen a heritage unit in person

 by Dewoc19 ¦  Sun Aug 18, 2013 8:41 pm ¦  Forum: Norfolk Southern ¦  Topic: how many of you have seen a heritage unit in person ¦  Replies: 103 ¦  Views: 42603

NS 8114 Norfolk Southern (Original) leading 65R @ 18th & Western on the BN in Chicago, IL Wabash (x3) - 64R, Unassigned, Z5R Interstate (x2) - 65R, 65R Illinois Terminal - 65R Conrail - Light Power Honoring Our Veterans - Light Power Monongahela (x2) - 64R, 64R Central of Georgia - 23Z Norfolk S...

Re: how many of you have seen a heritage unit in person

 by Dewoc19 ¦  Tue Aug 13, 2013 9:52 am ¦  Forum: Norfolk Southern ¦  Topic: how many of you have seen a heritage unit in person ¦  Replies: 103 ¦  Views: 42603

2 Heritage untis this morning. First was NS 8025 Monongahela on 64R heading back East to Delaware, stopped on the BN @ 18th & Western Next was NS 1070 Wabash on Z5R heading west to North Dakota, also caught this one on the BN @ 18th & Western. Wabash (x3) - 64R, Unassigned, Z5R Interstate (x...

What bothers me is the vagueness (and the variance) in the rules governing testing the brakes. Mind you I don't work freight...all I need is the engine and one, maybe two cars tied down and I'm good. Norfolk Southern has a comprehensive procedure mapped out in their ABTH book for testing, while the...

Re: how many of you have seen a heritage unit in person

 by Dewoc19 ¦  Sat Aug 10, 2013 1:48 pm ¦  Forum: Norfolk Southern ¦  Topic: how many of you have seen a heritage unit in person ¦  Replies: 103 ¦  Views: 42603

NS 8105 Interstate was trailing unit on 65R @ 18th & Western on BN main 4, will be U NSDELU 073T once BN crew gets on to Eland, ND Wabash (x2) - 64R, Light Power Interstate - 65R, 65R Illinois Terminal - 65R Conrail - Light Power Honoring Our Veterans - Light Power Monongahela - 64R Central of G...

Re: how many of you have seen a heritage unit in person

 by Dewoc19 ¦  Mon Aug 05, 2013 6:09 pm ¦  Forum: Norfolk Southern ¦  Topic: how many of you have seen a heritage unit in person ¦  Replies: 103 ¦  Views: 42603

NS 8101 Central of Georgia was leading NS 23Z this morning, caught it at CD513 on Chicago West Line waiting for a light to enter Park Manor yard. It will go out on either 24W or 20E to Toledo in the early morning Wabash (x2) -Light Power Interstate - 65R Illinois Terminal -65R Conrail - Light Power ...

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