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Re: [CBQ] Oregon Work Train

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Subject: Re: [CBQ] Oregon Work Train
From: "Archie" <kliner@mywdo.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 08:06:31 -0600
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Leo,  For every violation of Rule"G" that resulted in the violator being 
"pulled out of service",  there were 99 that the company never caught.  That is 
probably a conservative estimate.   Archie
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  Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 7:31 PM
  Subject: [CBQ] Oregon Work Train


  Ok, Pete the Montgomery Tower story reminded me of two others that are true 
  and from the BRT greivance files. I don't have the files in front of me but 
  here are the main points. If I told these before I apologize for the repeats. 

  One morning (1948) the brakeman on an assigned work train at Oregon 
  woke,prepared breakfast(this is back in the wooden assigned w/c days) and 
prepared the 
  train for another day of track work along the C&I starting about 6AM. But the 
  Conductor was not around and hadn't been seen since they tied up the night 
  before.
  This was a short armed crew so the lone brkmn was on his own. Being a vet and 
  a true brother he simply went about the business as if the Conductor was 
  present and everything was going along fine.
  Around 10AM the Cond. showed up and when asked where he had been simply 
  replied he had some personal business to attend to in town. 
  Unfortunately the Conductors personal business made the next edition of the 
  paper and was brought to managements attention. Seems the Conductor had a 
  thirst after work and after cleaning up went up town for a few refreshments. 
Upon 
  satisifying his thirst he was walking back to the way car to get his rest 
when 
  the Oregon police took exception to his inability to navigate very well. He 
  spent the night in a cell and was fined the next morning after going before 
the 
  judge. He paid the fine and went to work.
  Q management held an investigation which is like few I've ever read or been 
  involved in. This Conductor answered all the usual filler questions about 
  name,rank,serial number,etc. It took many exchanges before the record was 
  documented where and why the Conductor had been AWOL. 
  When asked had he violated rule G he stated no. When asked if he had brought 
  unfavorable attention to the railroad he argued that he had not as he was off 
  duty and therefore his personal time was not the RRs concern. He felt he had 
  not brought unwelcome attention to the RR, had completed his tour of duty and 
  no incidents had followed since that time. He even reasoned that while he was 
a 
  few hours late for work the track work had not been delayed. He argued 
  eloquently and I thought very convincingly that there really was no cause to 
have 
  an investigation and that it should be closed and he allowed to return to 
work 
  w/o any further proceedings.

  Management didn't see it that way. The hearing officer recommended time off 
  and the next two layers on Jackson Blvd in Chicago concurred.
  When I think back to the number of similar situations I saw w/o any fallout 
  or notice by mgmt I really felt sorry for the guy. Then when I compare it to 
  todays total intolerance of any kind of Rule G violation,random testing,etc 
it 
  really highlights how far the industry has come and safer it is.

  Leo

  2nd story on another email

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