Dr Zarkoff Wrote:
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> My experiences with "blue printing" involves the
> Cal-P (Pool 3). If another engineer ran around you
> while enroute to Roseville, which is to say he
> made a bona fide departure from Oakland after you
> did but arrived at the designated arrival point
> for Roseville before you did, then you "blue
> printed" him when when you signed the off in the
> register at the engine crew. You put a 1 next to
> your name and wrote his name in with a 2. That way
> if you were both rested and a train was called
> Roseville - Oakland, you went first. I don't
> recall Pools 1 (Tracy), 2 (City), or 4
> (Watsonville) having this sort of provision, but
> they may have.

Yup. Another example involved Cal-P crews who made Schellville Turns out of Roseville. If you indicated it as such when you signed the crew register once you got back to RV, once you were rested you were placed first out and were only supposed to be called for a train to Oakland.