Re: [CBQ] Student Trips

["Leo qutlx1@aol.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>]

Student trip on 11811?!?! And after working earlier in the day ! Wonder what 
somebody was thinking when they set that up.

Talk about being underfoot......good thing you didn't end up underground

Leo

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> On May 19, 2014, at 7:07 PM, "dhartman@mchsi.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> Leo, I agree. But mine were day Mail (Ripper wasn't crazy about having 
> students under foot) then 11811 that night! Talk about a real intro to life 
> on the X list. I remember being completely lost and confused the whole night. 
> Didn't learn much. Might have had an Eola shift too - don't remember. 
> 
> However, that was brakeman in 73. When I went into engine service, Ritli just 
> said "do 2 trips on a dinky and make sure you learn how to start the aux 
> motor." And that "student experience" wasn't because I was an Aurora 
> brakeman. A same day hire from elsewhere (track in Nebraska I think) did the 
> same. Being more clued-in, I did manage to finish first and mark up first :)
> 
> Doug
> 
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> From: "Leo qutlx1@aol.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
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> Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 18:39:59 -0500
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> Subject: [CBQ] Student Trips
> 
>  
> I just finished reading the student trip piece from the 2014 summer issue of 
> Classic Trains.
> 
> Doug and others will you refresh my memory about those unpaid student trips ?
> 
> While the guy in the article basically just goes out and gets on engines more 
> or less at random; as I recall; weren't we assigned certain jobs and days to 
> make student trips ?
> 
> If my memory is correct I went on the Irish Mail one day and a 4 o'clock 
> switch at Eola another.
> I don't recall any beyond that. Once completed I was marked up at the callers 
> office and seniority started with that first paid trip.
> 
> Leo
> 
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