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Re: Well dressed brakeman on SP Train #102
Author: OPRRMS
Date: 10-03-2011 - 15:19
WAF Wrote:
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> > > OPRRS.... how did the passenger pools work,
> > each
> > > pool had a passenger extra board or was it
> open
> > in
> > > all directions out of Oakland.
> >
> > Each regular run had its own assignment, which
> > were bid by seniority choice. Passenger runs
> > typically went high. Vacancies were covered by
> > the Conductor's Extra Board or Brakeman's Extra
> > Board as the case may be, and extra board crews
> > would work any assignment called for. At one
> time
> > there were separate extra boards for passenger
> and
> > freight, but by the time of the photo they had
> > been combined. Only trainmen that had "marked
> up"
> > their uniform (i.e., had one) were supposed to
> be
> > called for passenger service, but as
> Mistertower
> > explained in his post, if they were out of
> people
> > and they needed to fill a vacancy, they'd take
> > whomever they could get. Ask 'em to dress up
> > nice. Maybe take a shower first.
>
> So they could go in any direction( RV, Tracy, San
> Jose, San Francisco) out of Oakland if they were
> qualified?
Trainmen (and firemen) didn't need to be qualified, just engineers, who needed 640 road trips (except on the Commutes) in freight service to be passenger qualified.
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> OPRRMS Wrote:
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> -----
> > WAF Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> >
> > > OPRRS.... how did the passenger pools work,
> > each
> > > pool had a passenger extra board or was it
> open
> > in
> > > all directions out of Oakland.
> >
> > Each regular run had its own assignment, which
> > were bid by seniority choice. Passenger runs
> > typically went high. Vacancies were covered by
> > the Conductor's Extra Board or Brakeman's Extra
> > Board as the case may be, and extra board crews
> > would work any assignment called for. At one
> time
> > there were separate extra boards for passenger
> and
> > freight, but by the time of the photo they had
> > been combined. Only trainmen that had "marked
> up"
> > their uniform (i.e., had one) were supposed to
> be
> > called for passenger service, but as
> Mistertower
> > explained in his post, if they were out of
> people
> > and they needed to fill a vacancy, they'd take
> > whomever they could get. Ask 'em to dress up
> > nice. Maybe take a shower first.
>
> So they could go in any direction( RV, Tracy, San
> Jose, San Francisco) out of Oakland if they were
> qualified?
Trainmen (and firemen) didn't need to be qualified, just engineers, who needed 640 road trips (except on the Commutes) in freight service to be passenger qualified.
