Monday, May 26, 2025

I got a call Saturday night Sunday morning for a deadhead to Winslow. I rode in a Z train with 3 other men. I tried to sleep but the seat was very uncomfortable. When we got to the thotel there was a half hour wait for a room so I killed time by eating breakfast. I slept most of the day Sunday and got called for a stack train back to Needles It was a big one- over 12,000 tons and over 14,000 feet. We had 3 motors on the head end and 3 in the middle, but the dynamic brakes on motors 2 and 3 weren't working- so my engineer had to set air a lot. No trip optimizer either. Still it was a good trip. Just over 8 hours. The ports were closed for the holiday so things have slowed down a little. It doesn't look like I will get called tomorrow. I have attached a picture of our leader, the 6669. Hope you had a good Memorial Day.

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