Does "Precision Scheduled Railroading" mean that train crews now have rosters or are they still "on call"?
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| Posted by on January 7, 2020 | |
Unbelievable! How many total units are stored there? Quite the photo Jeff. Thanks for sharing.
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Mark, with fewer trains running, thousands of crews have been furloughed. Interestingly, with employee and equipment costs slashed, the almighty stock prices continue to rise, while traffic falls.
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James, I didn’t count, but surely there were a few hundred. Take note that this was taken with my telephoto lens, and the engines continued behind where I was standing. In addition, there was a second group of stored locomotives to the north of this as well; four tracks full, if I remember correctly.
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Crews still have long hours and undetermined schedules but are forced to do things the contracts do not allow. No longer can you have a quick run and get off before your hours of service expire. What once was a great job and career has become a fight with management to get paid correctly and have time with your family.
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Crews are still on call boards and still on call 24/7, PSR just is a way to increase stock performance for a short period of time, its not a good business model anyone but wall street and the executives.
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A shareholder might well take exception to this much idle capital. Could it be from mergers as there are a number of paint schemes?
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| Posted by AZ Mike on January 7, 2020 | |
Train Crews with up to 8 years Seniority are furloughed
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There aren't nearly so many trains on the UP Sedalia sub as there were even a year or so ago. For example, there still are a couple of long passing sidings, one each west of Tipton, MO and west of Sedalia, MO that used to be good meeting points. A westbound train of empty coal cars would wait for an eastbound loaded coal train to pass by, and then go on its way. Now it seems there are mile-long freights running one after another. PSR just seems to be another way of "doing more with less",
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Mommy, can I have one?
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| Posted by JWash1 on January 10, 2020 | |
Thank you Mr. T.
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Jeff, this is a really nice photo of a really sad scene. "PSR" is ruining American railroading as we remember it. This is an excellent example of corporate greed at it's finest. Thank God I'm retired and away from all this nonsense, but my heart goes out to my brothers and sisters who has been furloughed and may never work in the rail industry again...
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Hundreds more here in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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