Longest Q335 EVER - 201 cars, 11,000+ feet, 828 axles

[atrainguy60]

How busy is the Plymouth Sub nowadays?

2 daily freights, Q334 and Q335, a local from Lansing and GR and another local eastbound from Lansing sometimes as far as Howell, and as needed grain trains and even coal. Although I remember BL2-1843 posting a couple times this past winter that there were no trains in a over 24 hours. The GR Sub is a little busier, with coal trains daily, and 3 manifests, a local, and the two Amtraks.

[Saturnalia]

Need to correct the locals:

- D707: Sun-Thu Lansing to GR turn
- D708: Mon-Fri Lansing to Howell turn
- Y106: Mon-Fri GR to Elmdale turn

And let's not forget the occasional coal or stone train.

[Toppysager]

Q324 ran at 235 cars a few months back, took 15 minutes to round the wye at Deshler

[hoborich]

Do engineers and conductors get extra pay for these monster trains?

[SD80MAC]

Do engineers and conductors get extra pay for these monster trains?

Only in the form of overtime when a problem inevitably ensues!

[Typhoon]

Do engineers and conductors get extra pay for these monster trains?

Why would they?

[hoborich]

More work involved!

[Typhoon]

More work involved!

So using your "logic", I guess crews that get called to move a power pack should be paid less?

[CSX_CO]

Conductors used to get paid slightly more if they handled over a certain number of cars. I don't remember the threshold. Engineers used to get paid by the axle for each locomotive handled. Both have fallen by the wayside as far as I know in favor of simplified pay via "trip rate".

[hoborich]

That's the answer I was looking for. Thanks!