Sunday, March 2, 2025
As of March 1st we are to start turning our signal sheets in again (we had been using them and then throwing them away at the end of our trip, but I guess now they want to start reviewing them again). Also, we are to start calling out certain signals over the radio such as an Approach. In other words, when my train goes past a yellow signal I'm supposed to get n the radio and say, 'BNSF 1234, Aprroach at West Needles, 30 miles per hour." Most of us are not happy about having to call out singals, as there is already enough radio traffic. This will add more.
I got called to dogcatch a Z train the other day, and then I got called to take a Z train to Winslow. First rip I've made to Winslow ina while. It was a long day and we tied up just before our 12 hours was up My engineer had a car and he was nice enough to give me a ride to the hotel. I got in bed around 2 am, got up for the free breakfast at 6 am, and went back to bed until I got my call at 2:30 pm. I was to take a stack train back to Needles. Our train only had 1.6 horsepower per ton, if that., so it would be slow going uphill. We were on duty for 45 minutes before we departed. I made sure to call out an Approach whenever we had one. It was a 10 hour day. I turned my signal sheet in, rolled my train by and tied up. I'm projected to go out this afternoon. I have included a picture of our leader, the 6170.
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