I mean when I stop for a red light down by a certain C.P. and get off the power and go into the pilot for some Wendy's. I always have at least 1 trucker who wants to see the inside of the locomotive. And if I don't have a punk tattle tale for a conductor (see no one is allowed on it) I usually bring em on up and show them how things work, they are usually impressed at how I can get millions of pounds stopped on a grade, I tell them same way you get 80,000lbs stopped I just have more air and brakes. Then I always make a joke about how my horn is a button and I don't get to pull a chain like the old trains. Heck I even unloaded a guys trailer for him in record time once and he was like sorry man, I didnt think there was any trailer left on the track. I was like are you kidding, screw your trailer I asked him profusely if hes okay and to sit down and I can radio our railroad police dispatcher for an ambulance.
Anyhow other day I'm in the intermodal yard and one of the truckers says to me, how many trailers you gonna take off the road this trip, I was pist and my conductor who had the orders shouted 47. I got a thanks DICK maybe with your 6 figure engineer income I could put food on his familys plate. My first thought was I'm gonna go over and take care of this like men, truckers are a tough breed but so are us railroaders, but I opted for higher ground and got on my power and waited for a green. Only truck driver and I have come across 1000's in the yard or when I go into the pilot or other places, that ever said anything to me!!
Anyhow give it to me straight!!!
Do you guys really hate us?
Discussion in 'Questions To Truckers From The General Public' started by Class1ENG, Apr 19, 2010.
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the answer to your question my friend is a resounding NO ABSOLOUTLY NOT , why would we hate you for doing a job, most of that if not all comes from new drivers that havent a clue.
now a lot of us resent the fact that the railroad does take a lot of freight from us but the goverment does that not the guy running the train .
i dont think ny of us hate you my friend just a few that havent a clue as o what is going on.
take care my friend and just keep on keeping on. southernpride
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Ya thats it, you got it after 15 years of RRing I decided it was time to toot my horn.
Oh yeah I'm here to slam trucks, #### you for brining containers to the yard, so I freakin have something to put on the #### train, #### them trucks for doing that. Oh and taking them out of the yard to the retailers, cause you know Wal mart is still working on the drive thru train tracks to each individual store.
Oh and BTW I hate trains to, there big, dirty,usually stink,have no radio and are uncomfortable to sit in for 16 hours.
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