Comments By Big Scott

10-12-23 Yesterday, I finally got carded. Today is my last day of training. After I leave today I come back at 18:00 Sunday to start night shift. Looking forward to it.

10-5-23 Yesterday late in the day we filled the straight tank and went to the airport to fill those trains. We had to wait for the trains then filled them. This caused us to get back to the office about 19:00, an hour late.

This morning we put sand in the service truck then went to a yard in Hickory, NC to fuel and service two locomotives.

I learned how to pump the sand into the locos.

Then we went to the refinery to fuel the tank.

We're going to get me carded on Monday.

10-3-23

Getting paid to sit in the office, play on my phone and watch TV is not bad. Today we had no trains for day shift. One of the top guys with the railroad, stopped in to meet with us. He showed us pics of our new office that should be delivered by the end of the month. We looked around to see where to put it. We have a ruff idea. He was very nice.

That's all for now.

Have you tried CFI?

So, week 2 started yesterday. More of the same. I did learn how to do the paperwork for the fueling. I hope I can get carded this week. Right now I'm sitting in the office watching TV on my tablet.

What is the fear with driver facing cameras? Are you planning to do things wrong?

CFI had them and told us we could cover them.

Day 5, week 1 done.

Sat around office, then went to the airport, cleaned 3 trains. About 10 minutes of work. Get paid for 12 hours. Easy peasy.

Dang what a surprise! Congratulations on your new adventure!

Thank you. I'm loving it. One week down.

Day 4 is about done. We are waiting for 18:00 to come so we can go. One of the night shift guys is already here and we have one of the day shift guys DJing on YouTube, a sort of Name That Tune.

All we did today was hang out and wait for the train to come in. Then we headed over to the airport and cleaned 4 engines.

Started selecting my benefits today.

I love this job.

Day 3, yesterday. We took the tractor trailer to the shop for a PM, then waited for the Chicago train to come in. I was in the service truck yesterday. We had three locomotives to clean. Two had toilets that needed cleaning. That was easy. We hook up a hose to the drain and let it rip. Then we fill them with 4 gallons of blue stuff. We take out any trash, check oil and water.

It easy and most of the day is spent sitting it the office. Waiting.

I still have to learn how to add sand and water.