I got called for a Z train to WInslow. On duty time was 7:15 am. I was lucky I had gotten up just before I got my call and I was having my coffee. Even though we were a Z train they didn't run us very well. It was raining as we got closer to WInslow. And we were on duy for almost 12 hours by the time we got in. They brought us into Main 4. Another train was on Main 2. I would have to climb over some tanker cars with my gear. I usually don't like that but in the case the tankers had the platforms with double rails to grab so it was easy to climb on. I didn't roll my train by since I couldn't see it, and I was almost DOL. When I got to the hotel I had to wait for a room, so I wet to the grill and got something to eat. There were a lot of people there- both railroaders and non -ralroaders. I got my room and went to sleep. I got up for the free breakfast at 6am. When I went down to the kitchen there were a bunch of guys there already eating. I found out they were electricians. I went back to bed, and got called at 8:45 am for a Z train. I shared the van with 4 other guys on the way to the depot. (They had called some deadheads). I printed out my paperwork, briefed with my gnineer, and then found we had been swapped to a stack train. I had to print out new paperwork. Our train came in on Main 2. It was a pretty good trip even though we were a stack train. It had rained a great deal and we saw a lot of puddles and small lakes on the tirp. Our day was about 10 hours. When we got to Needles they had not called an outbound so we tied our train down on Main 3. I only had to tie one handbrake. On the way home I saw a lightning storm on the horizon. Believe me, this photo doesn't do it justice. After I got home and logged in I found out that I had been "bumped" off of Board 36. This morning I didn't win any of my bids, so I was forced back to the extra board. SIGH. Im back on the Extra Board for a while. Hopefully I will win a bid to Board 36 soon.