Farm groups and the rail strike.

[furrowtickler]

Would be nice to see them try and do something other than sit on their thumbs and point fingers. Tired of politicians acting like tattletale kids pointing out what the other is doing while they’re doing the same thing.

Exactly that

[blackpowder]

Everything the political parties do is calculated for what is best for them.
And definitely goes for unions

[blackpowder]

First time I've seen rust on these tracks. Main CP line. Silent for a week now.

[Old Cowzilla]

Had the VIA go past burning up the tracts at 30 mph carrying their 4 passengers so no rust here and a short train 10 tank cars maybe chem for water treatment.

[blackpowder]

30 mph.
This line usually 40+ depending on how wet it is.
Their bed in places gets saturated.
Main CN north of here 55+. They move along.

[shtferbrains]

Union might be on an Unannounced work to rule?

Would require no effort to make things slow down.

Just a normal day for some.

[blackpowder]

Something.
One short junk string by here this evening. That's it. First one since last week.

[makar]

65 years ago my dad was a track Forman, he told me efficiency or working to make a profit was a foreign concept to the rr. Prime example when I bought grain the rr spotted me 40 ton boxcars but hauled 100 ton hoppers another 20 miles on a 60 lb rail to be loaded 1/2 full. The sorting yard was 30 miles away.

[makar]

To those that understand what I am talking about I loaded 265 grain cars in 1980, 2/3 boxcars 2/3 of them 40 short ton while watching 1/2 full new hoppers pass by. Did 5 times the work and moved shit for grain. Took hour to load a 100 ton hopper and 2 to load a 40 ton boxcar.

[wrongway]

I couldn't imagine emptying those thousands of box cars...maybe that's why the longshoreman were always on strike.

[bucket]

On thing is for sure, with the current slowdown, the maintenance crews could be fixing some crossings with few delays.

[Old Cowzilla]

Remember helping neighbor load producer car (box car) with oats. Augar stuck in the door shoveling dusty oats against the walls to get a load. He was getting a whopping .97 cents a bushel and happy to get rid of them .

[makar]

Remember helping neighbor load producer car (box car) with oats. Augar stuck in the door shoveling dusty oats against the walls to get a load. He was getting a whopping .97 cents a bushel and happy to get rid of them .

. Better than in the dirty 30s. Neighbor loaded a car of oats and got a bill because the oats never covered the freight bill. He wrote the RR a letter stating I have no money but have more oats. Last he heard of it.

[LEP]

. Better than in the dirty 30s. Neighbor loaded a car of oats and got a bill because the oats never covered the freight bill. He wrote the RR a letter stating I have no money but have more oats. Last he heard of it.

Same thing happened to my grandpa.

[blackpowder]

65 years ago my dad was a track Forman, he told me efficiency or working to make a profit was a foreign concept to the rr. Prime example when I bought grain the rr spotted me 40 ton boxcars but hauled 100 ton hoppers another 20 miles on a 60 lb rail to be loaded 1/2 full. The sorting yard was 30 miles away.

Remember, the Board was in charge of car allocation. And deliveries.
Some history is hard to even imagine today.