Sunday, October 19, 2025

I went to bed early on Friday night because I expected to be called around 2 am. Instead I got called at 10:10 pm. I was called for an X train- 115 empty grain hoppers going from Bakersfield to ? (I think it was someplace in South Dakota). I got a short call. It didn't matter because it took a while for our train to come in. I could have used more sleep. It started out as a good trip and then the closer we got to Winslow the more they stopped us. We had 11 hours on duty by the time we got to WInslow. There was another train on Main 2, but they pulled just in time. I stayed long enough to roll my train by, and tied up under 12 hours. They had stopped serving breakfast at the hotel, so I went to Maverick and got a burrito. I slept for about 4 hours, went down to the grill to get a "Bandit Burger," and went back to bed. I got a call around 2 40 am. I was called for the "Z ALTSBD," which goes from Alliance, Texas to San Bernadino. On duty time was 5:41 am Mountain Time. I asked the van driver to go through the drive thorugh at McDOnald's. Some drunk guy came up to the van driver's window and asked him if he could use his cell phone to call his mother. The van driver said no. The drunk went up to another car in the drive thorugh and I heard a woman yelling at him. The service at the McDOnald's was slow, (it always is at this one) but I fnally got my order. It took over 2 hours for our train to come in. We departed right at 8 am Moutnain Time. I saw some deer outside of Flagstaff. It wasn't a bad, trip- just over 7 hours. I got in and rolled my train by. I also filed a claim for a "run around" because another conductor said he got called when I was first out. I don't know if I filed it correctly, but I will find out. I have attached a picture of the 7083, our leader on the Z ALTSBD. I am now on my rest cycle.

No comments:

Post a Comment