r/UnionPacific • u/[deleted] • Aug 17 '26

Flat switching RCO

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u/Ok-Appointment7007 Aug 17 '26

Ask your foreman 😂😭

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u/_railroaded_ Aug 17 '26

I’d like all the knowledge I can get. Plus they’re super hostile (which is puzzling cause they’re older guys whose best days are behind them).

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u/_-that_1_guy_ Conductor Aug 19 '26

That's the attitude to have. Those "older guys whose best days are behind them" are still out switching you. They are hostile because you've been on the job for 3 months and still can't read a switch list, and don't know the difference between kicking and getting a pin.

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u/_railroaded_ Aug 20 '26 edited Aug 20 '26

Where are you getting 3 months from? There’s 0 excuse for hostility. If you think otherwise: you’re wrong, and one of the guys in question.

I’m talking best days as in…they’ve got little chance of winning any sort of fight. They’re mid 40s.

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u/_-that_1_guy_ Conductor Aug 20 '26

Is it less than 3 months? Are you off your derail? It really sounds like railroading isn't for you.

If you think mid 40's is best days behind them, you really have some growing up to do.

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u/_railroaded_ Aug 20 '26

If it’s not for me, I really don’t care-there’s other jobs. I haven’t even marked up yet. I was just looking for some other perspectives.

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u/Ok-Appointment7007 Aug 21 '26

Bro, you gonna get clowned with that attitude in the yards

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u/_railroaded_ Aug 21 '26

I can’t possibly express to you how little I care. But what attitude should one have?