Whats Up With This?

Bartron wrote:I'am a conductor and you would not believe the morons we see from the train. It seems at the sight of a train some peoples brains shut off. I was told when I hired on that during a full career on the railroad I would probably kill at least a couple of people. I haven't hit anyone yet but have come within inches twice and I only worked for 8 months before getting laid off!

grumpy old man wrote:

Why are these fricking things allowed to frick up traffic at rush hour?

Completely fricked up traffic BIG time.

/rant

grumpy old man wrote:On the other hand....

After a train went through this morning, at around 7:40am, across Marion at Archibald the arms did not fully raise and the lights and bells stayed on. Imagine what that did to traffic.

Why are these fricking things allowed to frick up traffic at rush hour?

Completely fricked up traffic BIG time.

/rant

LivingDead wrote:
Oh the story's I could tell you guys. I've seen alot of dumb people do some incredible dumb things some survived many did not.

Chilliwack, BC. CN's main line run straight through the town. Track speed is 55/75 through town. lots of people love to go around the gates, then the train hits em. Its not a pleasant sight.

Bartron wrote:I'am a conductor and you would not believe the morons we see from the train. It seems at the sight of a train some peoples brains shut off. I was told when I hired on that during a full career on the railroad I would probably kill at least a couple of people. I haven't hit anyone yet but have come within inches twice and I only worked for 8 months before getting laid off!

EdWin wrote:More underpasses on key arterial routes would help, but not likely to happen in Winnipeg.

Bartron wrote:I've been on crews that stop on a crossing to run into Tim Hortons! LOL

JT Estoban wrote:

Bartron wrote:I've been on crews that stop on a crossing to run into Tim Hortons! LOL

I can't fault you for wanting a coffee, but when you stop on the lines parallel to Archibald, couldn't you stop a few meters BEFORE the gate/light trigger? Why stop traffic?

"Some" conductors are just dickheads for doing that.

JT Estoban wrote:I'm not sure on the "rules" for trains operating inside the city, but my Uncle works on the lines for one of them, and he was saying something along the lines of "trains are not allowed to stop at an intersection inside the city during rush our for more than 15-20 minutes"

This is second hand info, and I could have gotten some of the details mixed up, perhaps there is someone in the know who could confirm or clarify?

Bartron wrote:

JT Estoban wrote:I'm not sure on the "rules" for trains operating inside the city, but my Uncle works on the lines for one of them, and he was saying something along the lines of "trains are not allowed to stop at an intersection inside the city during rush our for more than 15-20 minutes"

This is second hand info, and I could have gotten some of the details mixed up, perhaps there is someone in the know who could confirm or clarify?

The actual rule is you can't sit completely still on any crossing for more than 5 minutes. So if you need to block a crossing for a longer amount of time most conductors will have the engineer move the train forward or back a foot or so, to reset the clock. It's a stupid loophole but almost everyone uses it.

Most of the time when a train is stopped over a crossing for a long time, it's usually not just for the hell of it. It's usually a stuck or frozen or snowed in switch that has to be un-stuck by the lucky junior conductor.