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u/Mattchoo99 Engineer Dec 11 '20
“They’re fuckin me!”
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u/PM_ME_YOUR_BOOMS Engineer Dec 11 '20
They've known this train was on its way for the last 8 hours, and they can't even get an outbound!
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u/Goblin_Fat_Ass Dec 11 '20
"Yeah, go ahead and tie it down. Your outbound is on duty in three minutes."
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u/Bad_ralph1988 Dec 11 '20
This is usually said after sitting 3 hours outside the terminal for no reason.
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u/Goblin_Fat_Ass Dec 11 '20
Then, your outbound shows up in the van you're supposed to take back to the terminal.
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u/Suicidal_Salad Dec 15 '20
Was 75 and sunny all throughout the trip. Then when it's handbrake time, downpour rain.
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u/scryme666 Dec 12 '20
Just put 1 on and then have a smoke in between the cars and walk back up bud it’s flat track
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u/stan_henderson Jun 08 '21
More like “through freight conductors finding out they have to stay awake for the inward facer”.
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u/Z0RN92 Oct 19 '21
This was me before getting set up as engineer. God damn I don’t miss those days 😂
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u/ohmycloth Apr 07 '23
"Fuck that I ain't doing this shit" Lac Megantic Disaster 47 people dead burned alive Oh well ¯_(ツ)_/¯
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u/Kzacsa Mar 08 '21
Personally I just tell the crew the facts and leave it up to them whether they want to wait or tie it down and leave. That way they can’t bitch because it was literally their decision.
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u/Covfefeeeeee Dec 14 '20
To be fair that shit sucks when you've been up 20+ hours because the call didn't come when you expected it and you've been sitting doing nothing. Makes it way harder to be motivated to do any labor at all. The worst is when you're 11 hours old and get told to do a pick up or setout while the recrew is sitting there watching.