Monday, October 6, 2025
I got called for a hot train to Winslow- "The Northbay." This is the hottest train you can be called for. On duty time was a minute after midnight- Pacific Time. They ran us pretty good for most of the trip. But as we got closer to Winslow they kept stopping us. It was a 10 hour day. We didn't make it to the hotel in time for breakfast so I went to the Maverick for a burrito.
I slept about 4 hours, went down to the grill when it was open, and had a "bandit burger." I went back to bed and slept for a few hours. I woke up just before I got my call. I was called for a Z train. On duty time was 4:45am Pacific Time. I had the van swing by McDonald's and I grabbed a couple of burgers. I printed out my papwerwork and briefed with my engineer when he came in. Then we got swapped to the H BELBAR. The trainmaster said, "It has no work." That made it a little better. I had to print out new paperwork. We also had a familiarizer out here from Lincoln, Nebraska.
We had been on duty for two hours when our train finally came in. We got as far as "Canyon Diablo." They put us in the siding and we waited there for 4 hours. We got rellieved there. My engineer asked if he could have the front seat because he had a bad knee. (Usually the conductor sits in the front seat). I granted his request. I told the familiarizer, "You didn't learn much today," (although he said he did learn a few things).
The van driver was a good driver. We stopped in Kingman and I got a burrito. It was a long, boring day. I slept like a log las night and I'm not projected to go out in the next 24 hours.
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