From: w.d.hines.unspammed@ns.sympatico.nospam.ca

This link is to a CBC news article suggesting CP Rail is training
managers to operate trains in the event the unionized workers go on
strike. If the link doesn't show properly or doesn't work, I've created
the Tiny URL link below it.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/cp-rail-encourages-office-workers-to- learn-how-to-drive-trains-1.2935065


http://tinyurl.com/lvkg9ps

gwh

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From: nilknocgeo@earthlink.net

"Wayne Hines" <w.d.hines.unspammed@ns.sympatico.nospam.ca> wrote in message news:QaJzw.1239634$UR.634831@fx04.iad...

This link is to a CBC news article suggesting CP Rail is training
managers to operate trains in the event the unionized workers go on
strike. If the link doesn't show properly or doesn't work, I've created
the Tiny URL link below it.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/cp-rail-encourages-office-workers-to- learn-how-to-drive-trains-1.2935065

http://tinyurl.com/lvkg9ps

gwh

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I used to care but things have changed.

I understand the Florida East Coast, in the 1960s, used college students to
run the trains. Union officials predicted disaster, but that never
happened. In an era when anyone with a drivers license can, with 30 hours instruction, fly a sports plane, it seems to me that offering training to
all employees who work for a RR how to run a train makes sense. I bet all
the workers have a drivers license!!!

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On Monday, February 2, 2015 at 6:27:45 AM UTC-5, Wayne Hines wrote:

This link is to a CBC news article suggesting CP Rail is training
managers to operate trains in the event the unionized workers go on
strike. If the link doesn't show properly or doesn't work, I've created
the Tiny URL link below it.

Operating a railroad train is not a trivial task; there is an awful lot to learn. It's not the same as whe the old Bell System would have managers man switchboards when operators went out on strike.

I'd be concerned about safety. What happens if a novice engineer panicks and throws a fast moving freight into emergency--a derailment?

I'd also be concerned about a town's grade crossings being blocked by a noice engineer who stalls his train and can't start it.

Despite hte passage of time, let's not forget the Malbone Street tragedy, caused by a strike breaking motorman.

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From: finfer@optonline.net

On 2/2/2015 1:18 PM, conklin wrote:

"Wayne Hines" <w.d.hines.unspammed@ns.sympatico.nospam.ca> wrote in message news:QaJzw.1239634$UR.634831@fx04.iad...

This link is to a CBC news article suggesting CP Rail is training
managers to operate trains in the event the unionized workers go on
strike. If the link doesn't show properly or doesn't work, I've created
the Tiny URL link below it.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/cp-rail-encourages-office-workers-to-
learn-how-to-drive-trains-1.2935065


http://tinyurl.com/lvkg9ps

gwh

--
I used to care but things have changed.

I understand the Florida East Coast, in the 1960s, used college students to run the trains. Union officials predicted disaster, but that never
happened. In an era when anyone with a drivers license can, with 30 hours instruction, fly a sports plane, it seems to me that offering training to
all employees who work for a RR how to run a train makes sense. I bet all the workers have a drivers license!!!

But how long does it take to obtain a federal locomotive engineer
license for an employee?

Michael Finfer
Bridgewater, NJ

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From: nilknocgeo@earthlink.net

<hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com> wrote in message news:f3ea9b7d-fa59-4ad9-aa75-1821dab513b6@googlegroups.com...

On Monday, February 2, 2015 at 6:27:45 AM UTC-5, Wayne Hines wrote:

This link is to a CBC news article suggesting CP Rail is training
managers to operate trains in the event the unionized workers go on
strike. If the link doesn't show properly or doesn't work, I've created
the Tiny URL link below it.

Operating a railroad train is not a trivial task; there is an awful lot to learn. It's not the same as whe the old Bell System would have managers
man switchboards when operators went out on strike.

I'd be concerned about safety. What happens if a novice engineer panicks
and throws a fast moving freight into emergency--a derailment?

I'd also be concerned about a town's grade crossings being blocked by a
noice engineer who stalls his train and can't start it.

Despite hte passage of time, let's not forget the Malbone Street tragedy, caused by a strike breaking motorman.

Interesting that two wooden trailers were coupled together, a dangerous situation even if speed caused the accident. I recall on the IRT one train
I was on had 7 trailers and 3 motor cars, the reverse of the usual 7 motors
and 3 trailers. It stalled several times, and barely made President Street from Flatbush Avenue and the crew made everyone get off, the train being
hevily loaded at 8 AM. I guess it made it on through to the yards because following trains were not delayed. I was late for school. I did not
realize at the time the situation was dangerous.

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