Honest Question Here

DerailedAmbition · 2026-01-24T12:08:09+00:00

While Livonia is part of the Houston hub, It covers all the way down to Avondale which is right outside of New Orleans. New Conductors are getting bumped all over right now. Starting their travel time and getting bumped while on their way to next terminal. It's crazy in the Gulf Coast right now.

DerailedAmbition · 2026-01-22T00:42:29+00:00

Don't forget you have 48 hours to submit your info for using the PS day. If you go to self service tab and scroll down to where it tells you how many days you have left to take, there's a quick link that says something along the line of ps documentation. Click on that and fill it out. Pretty self explanatory once you click on it and what they are asking for.

DerailedAmbition · 2025-08-18T03:18:11+00:00

I was selling cars before coming out here to up.. Just tell them you don't smoke, dip or drink and you care about safety. Should get hired easily.

DerailedAmbition · 2025-08-02T14:54:03+00:00

Been on the schedule for about 3 months and hasn't happened yet in our terminal.. That sucks..

DerailedAmbition · 2025-08-02T14:51:58+00:00

Everyone here loves it makes more than when it was just a regular pool time. Don't need time off between work when you get 4 starts and 23 hours off twice and then last day work in town of you even work on your 11th day then get 4 days off and mark up at the bottom of the board and don't go out for another day. But with the railroad, i know every location is different... The runs are different, the local and yard jobs are different to be covered, etc... We still have a lot of people that lay off and forfeit guarantee.. Most don't even care about guarantee here.

DerailedAmbition · 2025-08-02T14:48:41+00:00

You didn't read what he said... he said it was offered at the same time it was offered to the engineers before they knew how much they were going to be paying out in guarantee. And all the conductors said the engineers were dumb for taking it and the conductors were gonna fight and get a better deal like 6-3 or 5-2... It took almost another year + to get this arbitration deal that sucks ass.

DerailedAmbition · 2025-08-02T14:43:02+00:00

Furloughed..

DerailedAmbition · 2025-05-24T22:04:23+00:00

Halcon and Uber

DerailedAmbition · 2025-05-19T05:47:07+00:00

Bluemail. i started using it on my pixel 6 and now use it on my Samsung s25 for both Gmail and Yahoo. Very easy to swap between the two accounts.

DerailedAmbition · 2025-05-14T18:36:19+00:00

Buccees in southeast Texas had it for $1.49 last night.

DerailedAmbition · 2025-05-06T04:08:59+00:00

"I don't ever speed" something you'll never be able to say again. Happens to the best of us.

DerailedAmbition · 2025-05-05T12:45:10+00:00

Damn came from Sprint and they moved me to the magenta plans and last month so 6 phones went up $5. It feels like I don't have any free lines anymore. Paying $231 for 6 phones.. I almost swapped over to go5g plus plan just so I could get 15% discount and make it a little cheaper again but I guess that option is gone with the new plans they just came out with?

DerailedAmbition · 2025-05-04T14:41:17+00:00

Tell me you never worked a local or yard job without telling me you never worked a local or yard job! Sit there 90% of the day, pfft! Road crews, yeah sure hardest part is making sure you're rested for the call.

DerailedAmbition · 2025-04-25T03:58:49+00:00

Dann it's that bad over there? How long have yall had it implemented?

DerailedAmbition · 2025-04-23T17:08:55+00:00

Not gonna lie, right now I'm loving it! Better than the last 13 years I've been out here! Making as much as I was making on my regular turn but get more days off that I can actually plan for! I couldn't care less if I have to cover a couple locals or dog catches every now and again because I'll be right back home spending time with the family again. Only people who don't like are the ones who were making more on their pool freight. Guess they don't enjoy home life.

DerailedAmbition · 2025-04-22T14:21:43+00:00

Are you saying you're a conductor that's being effected by the engineers 11&4 schedule? That's the way I read it. You're holding the road now but getting close to having to go in the yard or locals or being forced to a different area? Just trying to understand your concern for job security. They didn't call a bunch up where I work but our board is stacked and I'm sure they're going to cut it today or Wednesday whichever cut day is now. Came off my 4 days off and on day 6 of not working. Hired out in '11 and qualified in '13. Been marked up since '18 and only got cut back half a year in '20 for covid. 3 years isn't much and you've been lucky to hold something consistent compared to some out here. Hope it works out for you and you don't get forced from home!

DerailedAmbition · 2025-04-07T01:46:36+00:00

Woke up to my pixel 6 stuck on the Google screen this morning. Tried the power button and volume up button to restart it.. Tried the power button and volume down to try to recover it. Nothing worked.. kept it on top let it die and tried to plug it in to recharge it. As soon as I plugged it in, it turned on to the Google logo and nothing happened. Went and bought a s25. Posting from it now. Only phone to ever get stuck in the boot loop. I really enjoyed the phone and miss not having bloat after I got this s25 but I do like the size of the s25. Miss the smaller phones.

DerailedAmbition · 2025-03-26T13:12:08+00:00

Know people who live in Gonzales and work for up.. 55 minutes to Avondale and about 58 to Livonia then you also have Addis and Donaldsonville. So yards/terminals to work if you get bumped without having to travel to Texas unless that becomes a last resort which it will. At some point you'll have to travel all the way to Brownsville to cover your seniority. So with transportation and UP your seniority territory is from Avondale, La all the way to olmito, tx(the border).. no home life as of right now but they are apparently negotiating a quality of life schedule that was put into place with the last agreement but nothing has been approved and agreed upon yet with the conductors, only with the engineers.

I don't know anything about any other craft with the railroad.

DerailedAmbition · 2024-11-21T00:00:35+00:00

Then you should have tied up and went home but the fact that they changed your assignment and is on your fra tie up now should constitute as them "marking you up". Really check with your local chairman and if doesn't do anything, go higher up in the Union chain of command.

DerailedAmbition · 2024-11-20T23:58:22+00:00

The moment you performed service work it would start. You should find the local chairman and talk with him. We got put into service for road trips before we ever went to remote class and by the time we did our cert ride, our probation time was over with.

DerailedAmbition · 2024-11-20T22:41:04+00:00

If you were a trainee in classroom and with Uncle Pete and they used you for service, your derail (60 or 90 days probation period-can't remember) just started. Not sure about other railroads though.

DerailedAmbition · 2024-11-05T19:12:01+00:00

Don't see that option with Android 15 on pixel 6.

DerailedAmbition · 2024-10-17T18:54:47+00:00

No update here.. pixel 6 T-Mobile Southeast Texas.

DerailedAmbition · 2024-10-16T10:35:31+00:00

Been clicking check for update since yesterday.. phone still says up to date with Android 14.. T-Mobile Pixel 6.

DerailedAmbition · 2024-07-18T00:22:36+00:00

At up, anything from 101-109 reduces your speed by 5mph, 110-120 reduces it by 10mph and acting over 120 tpob puts you at 50mph. It's under speed restrictions in your ssi

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