I was watching Railroad Alaska, and laughing at it, much to the chagrin of my wife, who turned it on. The crew was going on about how they had problems and might run out of time.
This made me think. How does the company relieve crews? There must be lots of locations where there is no road access. Do they just put a new crew on if the first runs low on hours? Do they hi rail the dog catch? How often do they make the crew work over 12, but call it an emergency, or just pay the FRA fine?
This made me think. How does the company relieve crews? There must be lots of locations where there is no road access. Do they just put a new crew on if the first runs low on hours? Do they hi rail the dog catch? How often do they make the crew work over 12, but call it an emergency, or just pay the FRA fine?