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#19
02-02-2007, 03:53 PM
Originally Posted by MuddyAxles
Well, that's kinda how it was for a long time. Been with this going on 8 years...longest I've been with anything other than my sweetie (and I would hate to say how long THAT's been).
Oh, yeah "this" is the railroad...CSX Transportation, Train and Engine Service employee, presently working as locomotive engineer.
Yep, that's me goin' by wavin' at ya.
[Here's my lonesome tune: "ding, ding, ding, ding, w-o-o-o!, ding, ding, ding, w-o-o-o!, ding, ding, ding, wo-o, ding, ding, ding, w-o-o-o!" (70-80-90 times a day).]
Oh, yeah "this" is the railroad...CSX Transportation, Train and Engine Service employee, presently working as locomotive engineer.
Yep, that's me goin' by wavin' at ya. [Here's my lonesome tune: "ding, ding, ding, ding, w-o-o-o!, ding, ding, ding, w-o-o-o!, ding, ding, ding, wo-o, ding, ding, ding, w-o-o-o!" (70-80-90 times a day).]
Hey Muddy, when you are traveling east to Syracuse you go about 100' or so away from my 'home away from home' which is the fire hall that I am currently chief for which I would say is another 'job'
#20
02-03-2007, 08:59 AM
Originally Posted by gomersinner
Yep. Exit 28 in Fonda.
The nephew share the interest in the Blue Oval?
The nephew share the interest in the Blue Oval?
Nephew is dairy farmer so probably doesn't get much time to poke around on-line.
Gramps got us all on board long ago.
"Muddy - You've probably stopped in front of my old house, a dozen times or so. More specifically... On Broadway, at the Union overpass... where all of the accidents happen. You don't happen to be, or know a guy who used to work for ITS in NT do ya?"
Oh yeah, near the firehall. We call that "The Firehall", how clever. Also it is officially named CP 433. No, Never worked for ITS, have a son who is an IT guy in Connecticut at a small hospital.
"Hey Muddy, when you are traveling east to Syracuse you go about 100' or so away from my 'home away from home' which is the fire hall that I am currently chief for which I would say is another 'job'"
Oh yeah? I'll take a look next time I'm through there.
Years ago I delivered Pepsi in the Pal-Mac area for a while.
Everyone, please encourage anyone they know to use extreme caution when near any tracks. A train is big and noisy and can sneak up on you like a wild animal in the night.
Crossing lights and gates are just man-made machines....THEY DO FAIL from time to time. Always be sure the way is clear for you to cross. I can not stop for you once I am close enough to recognize what you are (at normal track speed). It is just impossible to do so and I don't want to hurt anyone.
When you cross the tracks you are entering my place of work, just like entering a store, warehouse, or factory. Respect that fact and follow the rules for your own safety.
#21
02-03-2007, 09:46 AM
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Originally Posted by MuddyAxles
Everyone, please encourage anyone they know to use extreme caution when near any tracks. A train is big and noisy and can sneak up on you like a wild animal in the night.
Crossing lights and gates are just man-made machines....THEY DO FAIL from time to time. Always be sure the way is clear for you to cross. I can not stop for you once I am close enough to recognize what you are (at normal track speed). It is just impossible to do so and I don't want to hurt anyone.
When you cross the tracks you are entering my place of work, just like entering a store, warehouse, or factory. Respect that fact and follow the rules for your own safety.
DOT Safety dude.
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02-03-2007, 10:23 AM
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Tell me about it. The crossing bars in Fonda occasionally don't go back up fast enough to suit some people. One woman decided to go around them and was creamed. The news said the bars lifted early, but alot of people saw the bars horizontal. Ripped her car in half and killed her.
#23
02-03-2007, 09:56 PM
Originally Posted by gomersinner
Tell me about it. The crossing bars in Fonda occasionally don't go back up fast enough to suit some people. One woman decided to go around them and was creamed. The news said the bars lifted early, but alot of people saw the bars horizontal. Ripped her car in half and killed her.
I am not looking forward to the day........
The old heads say it is just a matter of time before you get one.
They also say not to look at them just before impact.
We have to try to de-personalize it even before it happens...otherwise no one would ever return to work afterward.
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02-04-2007, 01:01 AM
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Originally Posted by MuddyAxles
"Muddy - You've probably stopped in front of my old house, a dozen times or so. More specifically... On Broadway, at the Union overpass... where all of the accidents happen. You don't happen to be, or know a guy who used to work for ITS in NT do ya?"
Oh yeah, near the firehall. We call that "The Firehall", how clever. Also it is officially named CP 433. No, Never worked for ITS, have a son who is an IT guy in Connecticut at a small hospital.
lol... when I first moved in there about 3 years ago, the trains would wake me up... but then it got to the point that the house would shake almost constantly... and then there is a shift change there or something, where the train will idle there for like an hour or 2... and then when they send the cars down the hill, and they smash into the rest of the line... haha.
I don't miss it at all.
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02-05-2007, 08:06 PM
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#27
02-05-2007, 08:19 PM
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Originally Posted by fast frank 66
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I work for my friends pressure washing company. we wash trucks. I am going to school for mechanical engineering technology so i will be looking for a job in that area pretty soon.
I work for my friends pressure washing company. we wash trucks. I am going to school for mechanical engineering technology so i will be looking for a job in that area pretty soon.
check out the latest engineering tests for NY State Civil Service.
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Just submitted my request to join the NY chapter. I was living in Saratoga for the last 3 years, courtesy of the Navy, I just retired as a Nuke submarine Senior Chief (BTW - it's nice to see a fellow CPO on this thread). I just started work outside Oswego - still in the Nuclear Power business, working on an operator license, but this time as a Civ! My family is still in Saratoga until I close on my house in Pulaski (I hear it occasionally snows out there), so I drive by a lot of those places everybody has listed on the weekends: Utica and Fonda to name a couple. Maybe some of us can cross paths?
#30
02-08-2007, 06:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Freakazoid!
Just submitted my request to join the NY chapter. I was living in Saratoga for the last 3 years, courtesy of the Navy, I just retired as a Nuke submarine Senior Chief (BTW - it's nice to see a fellow CPO on this thread). I just started work outside Oswego - still in the Nuclear Power business, working on an operator license, but this time as a Civ! My family is still in Saratoga until I close on my house in Pulaski (I hear it occasionally snows out there), so I drive by a lot of those places everybody has listed on the weekends: Utica and Fonda to name a couple. Maybe some of us can cross paths?
OSWEGO? shouldn't you be out shoveling?