Sunday, June 14, 2026

I got called for the S LPCSCO1. On duty time was 2:01 am. It was tied down at East Goffs. It was a 16,000 ton train. A 16,000 ton train tied down on a steep hill llike Goffs would need a lot of brakes. It had 4 motors on the head end and 4 in the middle. A van took us out there. The van driver had some trouble finding our train and we had to help her. For some reason she had been told that we were taking the train to Needles. We were taking it to Barstow. We finally found our train. There was no note telling us how many brakes had been tied. So I started walking back and releasing them. I didn't count . Fortunately it was between 3 and 4 in the morning and it was nice and cool. (I was told later, by the engineer of the crew that had tied it down, that there were 25). The van ran me back to the head end. My engineer had to go back to the DPs and sign the cards. Once we got moving it wasn't a bad trip. They brought us into Main 4 and we were relieved. Our day was just over 8 hours. I got a burrito from Fuzzy's, slept for about 4 hours, and then I couldn't get back to sleep. There were NO RESTED Needles crews. I was projected for a U train right off my rest. I got ready to go to work. I got called for a Z train instead. It was the LACWSP- a small, light train with 4 motors on the head end. We got on at the steps. It was a good trip. We came in before sunrise. I have attached a picture of our leader, the 7981. I'm projected to go to work this evening.

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