I can make a couple of points. First, I think that you
are saying that that everyone has to left all orders
before the train leaves Denrock. Why? Everyone should be
able to read everyone while the train is still standing
at Denrock and all have decided and discussed anything
needs to be done or noticed. Remember, that is a rule in
itself.
Please keep in mind that they just got a large discussion
about a derailment from 1956 at Broomfield CO. The problem
was, of course, that with a five man crew only one man was
deciding all the decisions. What were these other four guys
doing? I realize that the railroad had not figured out that
it was needed to have a "Job Briefing" but I'm sure that
they still had to discuss exactly what they were doing.
I'm also glad that the "passed Condrs test but waiting for
opening" is long gone. In order to be at train service then
you have to pass the Conductor test. No one in train service
in any job can do anything without passing. Even any Engineer
still has to be a Conductor first. You have to work as a
Conductor first, then you can be an Engineer.
Russ
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From: <qutlx1@aol.com>
To: <cbq@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, 08 February, 2009 22:08
Subject: [CBQ] Intimidation factor "the rest of the story"
> Before I tell the balance of the intimidation factor story concerning
> train
> orders at Denrock I need to clarify one point. Most of my stories deal
> with
> the 1970's as the Q didn't want me in '68 when I first applied. So it's
> technically a BN time period story but believe me;the characters are all
> old Q
> employees and for the most part the only thing that had changed was the
> paint
> colors.
>
> Now the rest of the story..............I'm sitting on the left hand seat
> looking ahead as the engineer reads the orders that I had delivered after
> reading them myself. He takes awhile reading the rather thick wad that we
> had been
> handed that day. Upon completing his study he folded them neatly and
> tucked
> them behind the windshield wiper air line as was standard practice. He
> then
> educated me to the fact that orders are addressed to C&E of a train and
> should
> always be delivered to them immediately. This engineer did take the
> effort to
> explain that the logic was based on "there could have been an order that
> was
> for a point just east of Denrock and while you were looking at them I
> would
> be unaware of the need to take action".
> While this engineer and I usually got along well and I thought there was a
> level of respect between us, that lecture, that basically said as an
> examined(passed Condrs test but waiting for opening) brakemen with
> several years of
> experience I still wasn't to be trusted with the first read of train
> orders
> and knowing what to do about them,stayed with me to this day.
>
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