The "dazed and confused" condition I was in wasn't that unique. Others rode 811
at that time. As I remember it, there was a big hiring surge I was in the
middle of. They wanted you checked out quickly.
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From: "Leo qutlx1@aol.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
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Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 19:19:40
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Subject: Re: [CBQ] Student Trips
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>
> Sender: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 18:39:59 -0500
> To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
> ReplyTo: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> 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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