Promoting stupid people isn't exclusive to the BN. The thought on the Soo Line
was promote them to management because we can't get any work out of them where
they are at. And yes collect the money!
Mitch
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, archie hayden <kliner@...> wrote:
>
> Leo, I remember Joe Tunnel when he was a glorified clerk at North St
> Louis. I never could figure out how the BN could promote the
> stupidest people to higher management. Oh well, just do what they
> said and collect your overtime on payday. Archie
> On Oct 25, 2011, at 7:41 PM, 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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> >
> >
> >
> >
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