Name: RRJ
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Employed as: Locomotive Engineer, for 30+ years
Posted: 06 April 2012

Whatever happened to hand signals? When I hired out there weren't
radios. You had to improvise. If there was a defective radio on the
locomotive then report it then take it out of service. Seems someone
wasn't doing their job. Did you talk to the TM? YM don't give a crap
they just want the work done. Cell phones can't be used not in the
performance of ones duties. When ya'll going to grow a set and stand
up for yourselves. The locomotive would of been shopped the first day
if I was working. I shopped many took them out of service. I stole many
radios off other locomotives in road consist from trailing units. If it
fit it was mine. That improvising that's taking control.