I retired from Uncle Pete in 2015 and moved away from Sacramento in 2019. I spent much time downtown and listened to the CSRM on my scanner. It was a good laugh to listen to those buffoons try to railroad. It was like watching the three stooges.

I decided to see my mom this weekend and went downtown on Saturday. I turned on my scanner hoping to hear their regular b.s. But instead, they sounded better than the class 1 railroads. I got curious and watched them and rode the train. I couldn't believe how much they improved. It's obvious they actually knew the rules and it looked like they knew what they were doing. I wish I could have worked with crews that good. I looked online and found lot of neat stuff happening. Lots of new equipment showing up. Kudos to whoever finally allowed the warbonnet to come out.

What happened? Did I just happen to catch the A team or have they really improved?