Florian,
Another side of the story is that CP 666 is normally
referred to as "Bradshaw" which is the station name
that is closest to it geographically.
A little "soapbox" here:
Constantly hear people complaining about Centralized
Management and all those dictatorial decisions made in
Fort Worth. In reality most of the time Fort Worth is
trying to adapt to decisions made in he field.
The Bradshaw situation is an example. On the Nebraska
Division they seem to be trying to eliminate station
names. Lot's of "Control Points" where station names
were once used. On the other hand on the Southwest
Division newly installed Control Points are getting
named and most of the ones that have been installed
in the last few years have had their numbers changed
to names.
We were given drafts of the new operating timetable
and asked to review them. One of my pet peeves is
incorrect siding lengths on single track railroad.
Indianola NE is way off and I suggested a change or
told them to measure it. Timetable is printed with
the same bad length. That was done at the Division
level. That also shows how little they value
experience. Some day someone will try and make a
good meet there with #5 or #6 and it will turn into
a sawby and they'll lose the train. Wonder who they
will blame for the $10,000 down the drain? The
Dispatcher, of course. When he or she cites the
timetable as a reference the standard line is,
"You've got to know your railroad".
Train lengths in the mid 6000's are very common.
IIRC Indianaola shows as "6719". Since I knew it
was wrong over a period of a few weeks I tested
it with trains. In my "know the railroad" memory
area the true number is "6550". From a dispatching
standpoint that is a big difference.
Off soapbox and on to other things,
Russ
----- Original Message -----
From: Florian Griessenboeck
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, 02 March, 2004 02:59
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Digest Number 1981
Russ,
They might have changed the engines road number becaus certain crews would
have refused to ride it. One would not believe how scared some people are
about such numbers. My father told me that we had to renumber room # 13 into
# 14 because hotel guests did not like the idea to sleep there. And since no
one has to stay at Control Point 666 over night it stayes unchanged *g*
hehe.
Florian
> My territory, (Lincoln to Ravenna), has a "Control Point
> 666". With 58 turns in the pool I'm surprised no one has
> got it changed. Someone did get AT&SF 666 renumbered to
> BNSF 599.
>
> Russ
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