Western Railroad Discussion > A new addition to the vulcan rock train

I wasn't going to chase todays rock train but noticed something out of the ordinary in the middle of the train. usually this train runs with two units point and two DPU but today had a mid train DPU too. Under cloudy skies I only caught this train at lang where they ran out of hours.

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Was it longer then the normal train?

I have yet to count the cars but when it was sitting a Lang it didn't seem any longer I wonder if metrolink is getting after the up for getting this train up and going out of palmdale loaded. I wonder how this train handles empty with a mid train unit.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/21/14 20:47 by tc.

Over on facebook, a few of the "UP Group" guys have been talking about the shitty power on that train lately, and actually stalling a couple of times. So last week, a UP Trainmaster was riding with them to make sure they weren't screwing the pooch. Evidently this is the result of his observation...an extra motor.

Nice catch, Tim. Will be interesting to see if the 2x1x2 configuration holds on this run.

Thanks for sharing,
~Ryan

Hope it was a RFE (or whatever UP calls their version of an RFE, MTO?) up there on that motor to see if the crew was truly dogging their train....as a TM has no standing on the operation of a locomotive.

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RFE=Traveling engineer=MOP (Manager of Operating Practices).

(I remember going into the office for something like a radio battery, and being told to "Grab a MOP".)

Carl Shaver
Lombard, IL

trkspd Wrote:
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> Hope it was a RFE (or whatever UP calls their
> version of an RFE, MTO?) up there on that motor to
> see if the crew was truly dogging their
> train....as a TM has no standing on the operation
> of a locomotive.
>
> Posted from Android


Maybe not, but certainly has jurisdiction over entire crew.

V

SLOCONDR

trkspd Wrote:
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> Hope it was a RFE (or whatever UP calls their
> version of an RFE, MTO?) up there on that motor to
> see if the crew was truly dogging their
> train....as a TM has no standing on the operation
> of a locomotive.
>
> Posted from Android

Hey guess what, I'm from the "let us do do our f**king jobs, and stop following us around trying to blame the the rank and file for the fact that a bunch of lawyers don;t know how to run a f**king railroad. I'm just saying. (I'm retired, which is why I don;t mind saying this, ow I wud prob find a supervisor just accidently wanting to ride along on my next trip.) haha

SLOCOND, I know that he does have jurisdiction over the crew...but he does not have any say in the operation of a locomotive.

& to the other reply, was that supposed to be a negative reply to me?

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