Leo,
In my experience the right to eat was taken away when an interdivisional run
was established in the territory. You were given a meal allowance, in our case
$1.50 and for that the right to eat was taken away. I remember being told that
the agreement was made with no set time for implementation so the right could
be taken away.
Steven Fye
---- "Norm Metcalf normmetcalf@yahoo.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> The former CS' Broomfield CO siding has a Dairy Queen abutting the r-o-w and
> I've seen numerous trains stop there for eats. Numerous times it has been at
> the instigation of the DS while the DS clears congestion ahead. Norm
>
> From: "qutlx1@aol.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Monday, January 30, 2017 10:37 PM
> Subject: [CBQ] Off subject- no stopping to eat ?
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> In his book Chuck Geletzke states that in 1990 the right to stop to eat was
> abolished on
> U.S. railroads ? He states that working for GT they had microwaves and hot
> plates, which I gather replaced stopping for a real meal ?
>
> Is this the current state for road crews ? 12 hours on duty and you can eat
> whatever you
> Can prepare in a microwave and/or hot plate while in route ?!
>
> Yes, we carried lunches,thermos,cooked soup,chili,etc on the stove but when
> push came to shove after 8-10 hours it was time for a real meal, unless of
> course, you got paid to skip it.
>
> For those of you who haven't worked on " the property" there are no vending
> machines,Starbucks,McDonalds,etc while running down the right of way. There
> is no set
> Lunch or meal break and you go to work anytime 24/7.
>
> Oh and don't forget, many of those 12 hour tours end in the middle of nowhere
> with a
> "Transport" ride of some length at the end.
>
> Leo Phillipp
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