>On the UP every department & location on the entire railroad has a budget. The problem arises in that the people in charge of all those departments and locations are only resposbile for their little portion of the UP's overall budget. CMS (Crew Management Services) is responsible for paying any guarantee to the extra board employees. They obviously view paying any guarantee out as bad, so the extra boards are kept to the bare minimum (and frequently less than that) to minimize any risk at paying out guarantee. This results in several things. 1) Those on .

Shhh, don't tell Atk about how to do this, they might sue the UP for copyright infringement. Pigeon-holing bean counters!! Harrumph. My train is more stationary than your train, only mine carries around a self-contained coffee pot.