Thanks for all the information. I enjoy reading the accounts.
Mitch
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, qutlx1@... wrote:
>
> First a disclaimer this is a BN time period story.
>
> It was sometime in the later 1/2 of the 70s that management and the local
> grievers agreed to put all the "garbage jobs" into the C&I pool. Why,
> because the extra list was always exhausted and therefore the jobs couldn't
> be
> run. The C&I pool was supposed to be a semi preferred job but the gods had
> spoken.You guys that thought you were going to ride between Cicero and
> Savanna are now going to do wayfreight,work train and dog catch duty and
> whatever else we deem necessary.
>
> So one fine day we're ordered for an extra east out of Savanna,not a make
> up, clean out Savanna yard train,oh no,its 18-20 cars of ballast for the tie
> gang. Go east you men and meet the tie gang and spread ballast.
>
> Power was one SD7 or 9 (I dont remember which, other than it was 6 axles) .
> Needless to say the old girl couldn't pull the tonnage over Burke and we
> had to double with only 1/2 of the 20 cars into Burke siding.That gives you
> some idea of the steep grade eastbound out of Savanna on the C&I. And this
> is after all the line improvements to reduce grades and curvatures ! And
> yes I have a picture of Lew Peshia and Scott Shaw riding the rear car into
> Burke siding.
>
> I also have some neat pictures of a wreck on South Ottawa Hill before
> Tunnell made me put the camera away. Talk about harmonic rock ! You could see
>
> Connies imprint in the w/c desk window(it was a NE11). Harmonic rock comes
> about when your crawling up a hill so slow that the high cube hoppers and
> box
> cars that are top heavy start swaying to an extreme amount. Check your
> special instructions if you doubt what I'm saying. Of course the crew was
> responsible to either reduce speed below the speed range that caused this
> phenomenon or stop and start all over.
>
> Leo
>
>
>
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