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Re: IJ Article on "Major Gaps" in SMART Service
Author: Erik H.
Date: 05-19-2017 - 15:17
Snips Wrote:
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> Spoken like a true bus driver. Sour grapes much? I
> guess the train crews never have "conditions
> outside of their conrol." Like a schedule with 9
> minutes for a mandatory fra brake test. Lest we
> also forget, this is a single track rr and that
> time might also be spent waiting for an opposing
> train...Also, there are no "bus drivers working
> for the same transit agency." SMART doesn't have
> any buses.
You should check out WES a bit up north. Basically same kind of operation.
> "that time might also be spent waiting for an opposing train"
Or, a good dispatcher would hold the freight train beyond the commuter rail limits, and run the freight train behind the commuter train...but...maybe the "sour grapes" comes from the Union Pacific trained dispatcher.
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> Spoken like a true bus driver. Sour grapes much? I
> guess the train crews never have "conditions
> outside of their conrol." Like a schedule with 9
> minutes for a mandatory fra brake test. Lest we
> also forget, this is a single track rr and that
> time might also be spent waiting for an opposing
> train...Also, there are no "bus drivers working
> for the same transit agency." SMART doesn't have
> any buses.
You should check out WES a bit up north. Basically same kind of operation.
> "that time might also be spent waiting for an opposing train"
Or, a good dispatcher would hold the freight train beyond the commuter rail limits, and run the freight train behind the commuter train...but...maybe the "sour grapes" comes from the Union Pacific trained dispatcher.
