--- In BRHSlist@egroups.com, qutlx1@a... wrote:
> I can't argue with the attributes of jobs listed by others but for
me I'll
> still take the Extra collectors. Home every night, not a dirty old
freight
> train, good payer,days,and regular days off (not a rotation) and oh
yes the
> job "downtown"too that generally came w/it. All the jobs listed
would sure be
> in the top 10 and next to the extra collectors it sure would be
hard to beat
> that Twin Zephyr pool.
> Karl Maybe that short lived Eola to GT w/f should make the top 5?
> Brad, I'll bet you can supply the answer to the "guarantee" quiz?
> Leo
I'll give the guarantee quiz a shot. For many years a days pay was
100 miles. Well on every railroad, not just the Burlington, there
are jobs that do not make 100 miles per day. In order to fill these
jobs, they are guaranteed a "minimum of 100 miles" even though the
100 mile requirement is not met in actual miles traveled. Also, I
think, there are some jobs that guaranteed a minimum monthly
payment. I think these guaranteed jobs were also negotiated by the
Brotherhoods. How close am I?
Thinking of the Twin City Zephyr pool, I vividly remember two who
worked it. An old Brakeman named "Riley". I don't know his first
name but he had ill-fitting false teeth. And George Thompson, who
had given up his rights as Conductor but still headed the ORC in
Aurora.
BRAD
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