budmancjm wrote:What is the typical work day like for a Conductor or Trainman (if the y still have Trainmen) on RRD? Say he/she is assigned to R5 - how many round trips would he/she take? Is it an 8 hour day? Say you start your day in Lansdale, would your shift end in Lansdale also? Just wondering.....
Just happen to have a run sheet here, and I pulled Run 303 out at random:
Monday through Friday
Report at Media at 6:00 am
Depart 6:20 am on train D305 (deadhead to Elwyn)
Operate train 330: depart Elwyn 6:35 am, arrive West Trenton 8:21.
Operate train 331: depart West Trenton 9:00 am, get off at Suburban 10:05
Operate train 9122: get on at Suburban 11:05 am, arrive Roberts 11:21
Operate train 9129: depart Roberts 11:42 am, get off at Suburban 12:00 noon
Lunch break
Operate train 4232: get on at Suburban 1:35 pm, arrive Warminster 2:24
Operate train 4143: depart Warminster 2:44 pm, get off at Suburban 3:30
Ride (deadhead) train 357: get on at Suburban 4:06 pm, get off at Media 4:41
Total work time 10:46, pay time with OT 12.2 hours.
This crew also has duty on Saturdays, reporting at Media 5:49 am to operate trains D1302, 8302, 8303, 8306, 8307, 8310, (lunch) 8312, 8313, 8316, and deadhead on 8317 back to Media. That's 9:07 of work, and 9.7 hours pay. Total pay hours for this run is 74.7 per week.