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Originally Posted by Sliver
Why the hell would they be constantly on call lol? That makes no sense.
750 meter trains don't just appear. It takes all kinds of planning to assemble a train and fill everything up and schedule its route, I'm sure. They don't just spring it on the "engineer" the morning of.
Basically the job is 'slow down for the corners'. I think I can handle it.
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I lived in a railroad town for a few years and I have family that are engineers, conductors and brakeman (honestly not sure if brakeman exist anymore) and they are on call for days at a time. Even though the trains are “planned” to a degree, their departures are always subject to change and even though you could be “third out” (two others ahead of you on the board), those two can “book off” at the last moment, then, all of the sudden you’re next up.
They never know for sure when they are working.