Sunday, April 13, 2025
I got called for a long pool to San Bernadino. Since I'm certified for San Bernadino I didn't ask for a pilot. My train was the Z ALTSBD. It was over 9200 feet long, with 4 motors on the head end. Due to our length we were limited to 55 MPH. My engineer said that he thought we would make it there, but since our train was so long it would take 3 moves to yard out train. When a road crew makes 3 or more moves we can file a claim for more money, so we were wondering if they would have the yard crew put our train away.
We got to San Bernadino with 90 minutes left to work. They told us to go through the A Yard and pull up to the B Yard and the yard crew would take over. So we did that. When we got inside the depot and tied up we found out that the regular hotel was full. They were going to put us in the hotel in Colton but my engineer didn't want to go there. He got on the phone with CLC while were were in the van and asked if we could go to the "Home Two Suites." CLC said that we could, but when we pulled up there my engineer went inside and the desk clerk told him that someone had just come in and taken all of the rooms. Annoyed, we got in the van and CLC told us to go to the Surestay in Upland. That was quite a drive. My engineer went to the website of the Homestwo suites with his cell phone and he said they still had vacancies. Had the clerk lied to him?
I got in be around 1 am. I got u for the free breakfast at 6. It was good, They had an employee there serving everybody. You told her what you wanted and she gave it to you. I had a waffle, bacon. I eggs, and several glasses of Apple Juice. I went back to bed and at 11 am I got a call from the front desk asking if I was going to check out.
"I'm projected to go to work at 9 pm," I said. So I will probably check out at 7 pm."
They asked me to call CLC and extend my invitation. I did. I don't know why but in San Bernandino I have this problem with the hotels. They don't seem to understand that railroaders don't check out at 11 am like other guests. I resented them waking me up, but I went back to sleep I woke up at 4, ordered some food, and got my call at 7:30 pm. We had a smoking trip back on the Z SBDWSP. Just over 6 hours from switch to switch.
. Monday I might call CLC and question why they didn't want us to stay at the Homestwosuites, and try to find out whether or not the desk clerk lied to my engineer.
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