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Asleep At The Wheel

Casey Jones you'd better,
watch your speed...

    "The railroad is a 24 hour a day, 7 day a week operation", many of us have been told, when requesting some extra 'rest' between jobs. Unfortunately, the people that make the railroad move, like all other people, do not operate "24 hours a day, 7 days a week".

    Anyone who's worked around the clock has either seen, or experienced first-hand, the inevitable effects of sleep deprivation. Maybe it was you, maybe it was the jitney driver, maybe it was....

    The real fun is when someone tries to explain to the crew-caller that they are too tired to go to work.



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Name: ==Todd Novac==
E-mail: ==mad shitter .com==
Employed as: Yard Master, for 1-10 years
Posted: 15 June 2013

Well the news is out ,they have found out who is the MAD SHITTER at
Collinwood yard , No better than ==Todd Novac === The mad shitter . at
least oncea month  some one shitts all over the bathroom . the cleaning
woman wants to quit .  I heard there is going be an hearing . and if
found guilt ,He should get a swirley in the same crapper that he shits
in .   this is the same person who  took  money from our union the only
way he came back is to be a company snitch . May a heard of monkeys shit
on your head=== Todd novac===

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Name: Fed up
E-mail: 
Employed as: Locomotive Engineer, for 20-30 years
Posted: 02 June 2013

Is it time to strike yet?  BLET/UTU are the best company bought unions
that money can buy.ITS TIME FOR A STRIKE GIRLS!!!!!!!!!!! Bunch of cry
baby push overs..

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Name: penny wills
E-mail: pennytwills@aol.com
Employed as: Other, non-employee, for N/A
Posted: 20 May 2013

I want to know why you allow men to work on train  crews that fail
drug/alcohol tests so bad that they are pulled from service 1 year.
This 
crew almost killed my family and destroyed my home. derailing a train
in my back yard along with the trestle collapsing

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Name: 
E-mail: 
Employed as: Locomotive Engineer, for 10-20 years
Posted: 19 May 2013

Hoyer:

Are you back to playing your cowardly games again?  Who is it in
Ashtabula that you have a hard on for?  People don't get away with
anything more out there than anywhere else.  They discipline and put
people on the street just like other yards, and YOU KNOW THIS!

Grow up retard!

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Name: hoyer
E-mail: 
Employed as: Conductor, for 10-20 years
Posted: 18 May 2013

If anyone wants to get away with breaking rules.Try the Great Lakes
Division in northeast OHIO. At CP 128 to CP 130 Ashtabula, Ohio. I have
 seen plenty of rule breaking violations that go on all the      
time.They have 1 yard job and 3 local jobs and Anything GOES!!!
Cleveland,Ohio might switch tag from time to time but that's it.But if
you work in Ashtabula,Ohio there are no rules there at all.It's a free
for all.Guys riding tank cars on shoves,no stretching after a tie is
made,getting on and off moving equipment,never doing any safety
stops,they walk behind cars all the time to open up the knuckle,never
asking for 3 step protection,they throw switches all day never once
looking at the switch points.It's crazy and the train master there
doesn't even got out and watch his employees,so he doesn't have to
discipline them for what there are doing.It's all about the money out
there and that yard makes a lot of MONEY.So rule breaking is OK it
makes the train master look good,profit wise to CSX. If CSX would go
out there and see what is really going on,that yard would be SHUT DOWN
PERIOD.

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Name: 
E-mail: 
Employed as: Train Dispatcher, for 1-10 years
Posted: 15 May 2013

The difference is, RailRoad has a Monopoly on hauling coal.  Trucks
cannot move coal is large enough quantities to meet a plant's needs.


Inter-modal is a business with massive growth potential.  But you are
directly competing with Truck Load rates so your margins are going to
be lower.  You have to make your money on this with volume.


Another important thing to remember, hauling those heavy coal loads
puts more stress on those engines, burns more fuel, and puts more wear
and tare on the track.  The lighter inter-modal loads run faster, with
less fuel, less wear on the engine, and less wear on the track.

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Name: ===Todd Novac==
E-mail: ==shit bag .com==
Employed as: Yard Master, for 10-20 years
Posted: 28 April 2013

HE ===TODD NOVAC ====    boy the truth hurts  maybe you should go back
to cooking !!!!! maybe you dipped one to many times in the secret sauce
!! or is that cum on you check from the train master . you       have no
shame showing you face at work  and we know what you realy think of your
fellow workers  May a herd of monkeys shit on your head===== Fat boy====

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Name: ===Todd Novac===
E-mail: I suck a Dick .com
Employed as: Yard Master, for 10-20 years
Posted: 26 April 2013

=======Todd Novac ======= updates . he has made a complant to CSX about
harassment  that this should be not talked about !!!!!! he claims he
only barrowed the money and as a union official he was allowed to do it
without breaking the law . LOOK at medina county criminal records . We
should all stand up against him Fuck the company And fuck the UTU for
letting him Back Fuck you ===Todd Novac

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Name: John
E-mail: na
Employed as: Other, non-employee, for N/A
Posted: 25 April 2013

I do not work for CSX.  I am in my second semester of college.  But
there is a name that pops up here a lot!!!  And his daughter even told
me about it and I said,"NO WAY!!!"  About this site otherwise!!  And
I can't stand the son of bitch myself!!!  So I must say and admit on
this site right now, I just had the best anal sex with his his
daughter.  HEY, DON'T JUDGE!!!  She asked for it!!  And we are getting
ready to do it again this evening!!  You shouldn't work midnights
man!!!LLLMMMAAAAOOOOOOOOOOOOO:0);0)

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Name: ==Todd Novac==
E-mail: scumbag .com
Employed as: Yard Master, for 10-20 years
Posted: 24 April 2013

TODD NOVAC  Yardmaster at Collinwood  In at Cleveland ohio . Fat fuck
with a pumpkin head . stoled money from our union BLE and was found
guilty !!!!!!!! and the came back as a yardmaster .It shows how weak
are unions are !!!!! No one should even talk to him .what happened to
employee un becomining !!!! what a piece of fat shit!! I am sure he is
a snitch for the trainmaster . stand up against him he is no good !!!. 
 And also he stated I was going to pay it back . like they all do
!!!!!!!!!

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Name: 
E-mail: 
Employed as: Other, non-employee, for N/A
Posted: 20 April 2013

Think about this. Turnover= quick dime vs slow quarter.

Freight rate is less, but the movement is not there for a long time.
The space is consistent. Now what?

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Name: 
E-mail: 
Employed as: APE, for 20-30 years
Posted: 18 April 2013

the question about the low intermodal profit margin reminds me about the
old Chevy Vega......GM were able to make a very high quality Vega, for
about 30k a car, that was competitive with the Corolla in initial
quality. What Toyota could do, and GM could not, was to make a high
quality 3K car. Now, can CSX develop a management capable of meeting
UPS and Schneider standards without spending excessive money? It has
not so far. Otherwise you keep the low margins.

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Name: Retired FRA Inspector
E-mail: 
Employed as: Friend or family of employee, for Less than 1 year
Posted: 17 April 2013

Conrail also claimed to have a low profit margin for intermodal
business. But they sure pushed it! I would guess that the rates stay
low in order to compete with the highways. And corporate America will
do anything for a dime.

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Name: 
E-mail: 
Employed as: Other, non-employee, for N/A
Posted: 17 April 2013

Ok I agree 14% of the rent and 38% of the space. Now what? Do you want
to throw them out and seek a new renter, or raise the rent?
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Employed as: APE, for 10-20 years
Posted: 12 April 2013

Let's review these notes from the Annual Report of CSX, Page 3.

The merchandise business shipped nearly 2.7 million carloads and
generated approximately 57% of revenue and 42% of volume in 2012.

The coal business shipped 1.3 million carloads and acounted for nearly
27% of revenue and 20% of volume in 2012.

The intermodal business accounted for approximately 14% of revenue and
38% of volume in 2012.


I don't know about y'all, but if I had a roommate that was only
coughing up 14% of the rent- they sure wouldn't be taking up 38% of
the space.  

Let's just say- considering all the investments made to support this
low-margin business- what else is going on?  The numbers just don't
make sense.

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Name: 
E-mail: 
Employed as: Conductor, for 10-20 years
Posted: 17 April 2013

yes I agree he needs to be got read of.

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Name: 
E-mail: 
Employed as: Conductor, for 1-10 years
Posted: 17 April 2013

yes I know this is not professionalism, but it needs to be said FUCK
Frulla I'm glad the coal fields are finally sticking together and
putting csx in a bind with no one available.

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Name: 
E-mail: 
Employed as: Corporate office, for 10-20 years
Posted: 16 April 2013

Crane just got Burrus's job. Maybe people can not be so uptight now

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Name: 
E-mail: 
Employed as: Employed in other capacity, for 10-20 years
Posted: 16 April 2013

Wake up it is time to consolidate our unions call your local Teamsters
office to get assistance with representation.  

Go to: https://nlrb.gov/forms download NLRB Form 502 – petition.

Download form and get signatures, let us end our differences and
consolidate for the benefit of the employee.

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Name: 
E-mail: 
Employed as: Locomotive Engineer, for 30+ years
Posted: 12 April 2013

APE 1 yr and Nasty,

Unfortunate is the fact that there are bad apples in ANY industry,
however that being said I don't believe the casual and outside look
you present here represents Union Officers as a whole. Most aren't
"in it for themselves" as you claim. Most are in the job to better
the working conditions for the membership PERIOD. Perhaps if you had
more time on the railroad and didn't look at only what you want to
believe and are fed by our wonderful media, and took the time to show
up at your local union meeting you might start to view otherwise. 
Biased Opinions such as yours presented here are nothing more than
baseless misinformed bullshit and serve to do nothing else than prove
how baseless and misinformed you are about what REALLY goes on in the
union world. Try stepping up and serving others than yourself, do that
and then you might have a reason or rationale for some of what you
espouse, until then you're nothing other than a company troll on this
site.

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Name: Nametaker
E-mail: 
Employed as: APE, for 10-20 years
Posted: 12 April 2013

Let's review these notes from the Annual Report of CSX, Page 3.

The merchandise business shipped nearly 2.7 million carloads and
generated approximately 57% of revenue and 42% of volume in 2012.

The coal business shipped 1.3 million carloads and acounted for nearly
27% of revenue and 20% of volume in 2012.

The intermodal business accounted for approximately 14% of revenue and
38% of volume in 2012.


I don't know about y'all, but if I had a roommate that was only
coughing up 14% of the rent- they sure wouldn't be taking up 38% of
the space.  

Let's just say- considering all the investments made to support this
low-margin business- what else is going on?  The numbers just don't
make sense.

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