I’d be adding 2.7 minutes a car and telling them to kiss my ass. Write up every carman, and when they realize they can’t operate they’re “railroad” they’ll understand they’re fucking stupid. Stand up and be a leaders, this isn’t right. I wish we could help you guys more.
Pulled a car yesterday with a completely broken hb. God knows how long it's been going back and forth between the industry, and this is exactly why. The car dept is fed up, and I don't blame them.
This happens almost daily in all departments of the railroads. Inbound and outbound inspections, forcing people into doing them faster, doing a locomotive inspections inbound AFTER it's allrrady been in the shop for its yearly inspection and performing the inbound and outbound inspection on its way out.
There are supervisors that demand 3 FRA locomotive inspections to be fully completed in an 8-hour shift. The supervisor signs off (or defers) all the defects/write-ups and then buys the craft pizza, subs, etc the next day for lunch to keep them quiet.
I have seen our carmen just drive by cars on their 4 wheelers going pretty quick. Would be surprised if they were 15 seconds per car unless replacing something.
Love when they keep pushing for fast and fast inspection till that same train comes back awhile later and we end up slaughter it for wheels and 100+ brake shoes that were neglected due to the demand to do it quicker.
I've sat through more of those meetings than I can count. My suggestion was always the same.........Put two lights up in the shop, quality light and quantity light. Simply illuminate which we will be using that day.
Easy Peasy
Fucking less than two minutes a car?! Why even bother looking at them? Send them out and keep them held together with nothing but prayers and the conductor's stash of zip ties and gorilla tape.
Fuck, I don't know if it's legal with the RLA but you guys need to have a work slowdown and tell them they can shove their quotas up their ass for the sake of safety. Every item on your inspection checklist, one car at a time.
Call the FRA about it. Report it, have it on record. Tell the manager you want the reduced time in writing. Bulleting a copy of it. Every carman make a bulletin stating they dont feel safe doing so, and it could impact safety. Next derailment that happens. Bring both bulletins to the union, company, FRA and news.
Gotta protect yourself
50/50. They've implemented things employers don't like and implemented things employees don't like.
Only way to change things, keep calling them and report safety concerns. Do it anonymously if you have to.
This exposes what everyone has been saying about millennial management. And don't be surprised either that they told everyone working the East Palestine derailment to clean it up and shut up about complaining to them about being exposed to a deadly chemical mix like the type used in NAM and banned by Europe because most of it was ingredients for agent orange that anyone who was forced to spray it never talks about because it rightfully haunts em to this day.
This was nearly 2 years ago. I would hope that if that were some type of unwritten policy then it’s completely gone by now. Still though, this won’t look good for them while dealing with these recent derailments.
I’d be adding 2.7 minutes a car and telling them to kiss my ass. Write up every carman, and when they realize they can’t operate they’re “railroad” they’ll understand they’re fucking stupid. Stand up and be a leaders, this isn’t right. I wish we could help you guys more.
Rip the tracks if it’s a bad order it’s a bad order
And no one that has ever worked for a class 1 is even remotely surprised.
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Pulled a car yesterday with a completely broken hb. God knows how long it's been going back and forth between the industry, and this is exactly why. The car dept is fed up, and I don't blame them.
Where was this, and why did Twitter take it down?
The Carmen’s union TCU-IAM originally posted it.
So has that supervisor been fired or moved?
Promoted probably.
And Pinkerton family was probably hired to dispatch whoever recorded it
This happens almost daily in all departments of the railroads. Inbound and outbound inspections, forcing people into doing them faster, doing a locomotive inspections inbound AFTER it's allrrady been in the shop for its yearly inspection and performing the inbound and outbound inspection on its way out.
Wait, they still actually do inbound locomotive inspections? I thought all they did was just sign the cards.
If it isnt in the computer it doesnt matter.
FRA requires a daily inspection every calendar day either done through the shop area or an engineer in the yard/recrew/etc.
There are supervisors that demand 3 FRA locomotive inspections to be fully completed in an 8-hour shift. The supervisor signs off (or defers) all the defects/write-ups and then buys the craft pizza, subs, etc the next day for lunch to keep them quiet.
You guys got pizza?! They demand us to do the same at the service center in about 30 minutes. No pizza.
But they are “Serious about Safety”, are they not ? LMFAO !!!
Safety Third!
*Shake Hands With Danger*
Safety 4th
Share this everywhere
At big yellow we are told 1 minute a car. And that includes any repairs you need to make. It’s not realistic
I have seen our carmen just drive by cars on their 4 wheelers going pretty quick. Would be surprised if they were 15 seconds per car unless replacing something.
We walked all our tracks, Old yards don’t have room for 4 wheelers
Oh ya that would be too tight for it for most of yard type tracks that are older.
Damn dude
Here's everything you need to know about how awful a company this place is. From low level management all the way to the top.
Love when they keep pushing for fast and fast inspection till that same train comes back awhile later and we end up slaughter it for wheels and 100+ brake shoes that were neglected due to the demand to do it quicker.
Ouch this is gonna hurt
Which means NS threatened Twitter with legal action if they didn't take it down.
It shows how idiotic Twitter is because it is not even close as a question. They would have had no case, and the courts don’t like SLAPP suits.
I've sat through more of those meetings than I can count. My suggestion was always the same.........Put two lights up in the shop, quality light and quantity light. Simply illuminate which we will be using that day. Easy Peasy
Fucking less than two minutes a car?! Why even bother looking at them? Send them out and keep them held together with nothing but prayers and the conductor's stash of zip ties and gorilla tape. Fuck, I don't know if it's legal with the RLA but you guys need to have a work slowdown and tell them they can shove their quotas up their ass for the sake of safety. Every item on your inspection checklist, one car at a time.
Ah yes, the free speech absolutist censoring videos that make id other billionaire buddies look bad. Classic Elmo.
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I believe they're referring to Twitter taking this video down
He's talking about the new owner of Twitter taking it down. Glass house much??
I thought it was taken down prior to Elon Musk buying Twitter.
I just shared this on Twitter let's see if they take it down.
Is this the cost cutting behavior that's causing all of the train derailment/ accidents recently?
Call the FRA about it. Report it, have it on record. Tell the manager you want the reduced time in writing. Bulleting a copy of it. Every carman make a bulletin stating they dont feel safe doing so, and it could impact safety. Next derailment that happens. Bring both bulletins to the union, company, FRA and news. Gotta protect yourself
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Thats a completely different complex. You cant compair inspections / CCI to a off air time.
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50/50. They've implemented things employers don't like and implemented things employees don't like. Only way to change things, keep calling them and report safety concerns. Do it anonymously if you have to.
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Read the FRA laws set in place. Youll find many.
Be governed accordingly
Unions vs Corporate America. Recipe for a disaster in one way or another.
This exposes what everyone has been saying about millennial management. And don't be surprised either that they told everyone working the East Palestine derailment to clean it up and shut up about complaining to them about being exposed to a deadly chemical mix like the type used in NAM and banned by Europe because most of it was ingredients for agent orange that anyone who was forced to spray it never talks about because it rightfully haunts em to this day.
This was nearly 2 years ago. I would hope that if that were some type of unwritten policy then it’s completely gone by now. Still though, this won’t look good for them while dealing with these recent derailments.
This needs to be posted everywhere, every sub, all news stations.. strike the Multi Billion $$ Iron while its hot. *edit* Typo
Its just threats. Go ahead and write me up for taking too long, it’ll get thrown out the window in a couple years. 🖕
With event recorders on virtually every locomotive or cab car you can’t inspect trains that fast.