Bob,
Federal law only allows you to work 12 hours on the railroad today. On the
KCS we were given 10 hours undisturbed off if we worked 12 hours and we
normally did every run. If you went dead you stopped where you were at and
called the dispatcher and he got a crew sent out to you, most of the time we
waited 2 hours for the new crew to get there. If we worked less than 12 hours
we got 8 hours off. On the KCS we had 2 hours to report, that means that the
crew caller would call you 2 hours before your off time was up. I was a road
conductor and it would take us 12 hours to get from East St.Louis, IL. to
Mexico, MO which was our crew change point, the railroad would then put us up
in a motel for 24 to 36 hours and then would turn us around and head us back
to East St.Louis, IL. Then I would get 8 to 10 hours off at home at which
time the crew caller would call and tell me it was time to go to work again.
John Lee
Former KCS Conductor
St.Louis, MO
> For the benefit of non-railroaders in the group, can someone review the
> current work rules for train crews? How many hours/miles for regular time,
> ditto for overtime and at what point do the fed regs require layover or a
> replacement crew?
>
> Bob
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