GLC GP38 incident

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To LansingRailFan's point the shoreline's at least do check forums and social media. I know of one railroad employee who posts here occasionally that was terminated over social media posts.

To Doktor No's point I don't know what it is like today but years ago the only people class ones could get into the operating supervisory ranks were guys who didn't have seniority to hold a steady job (they were stuck with whatever BS they were handed) or trainees hired from the outside. I used to know a road foreman who was in the former. After he took the job he followed the trains through his territory and figured out where corners got cut and who needed coaching. The crews respected him and they looked out for each other. One day he's called on the carpet for not writing enough violations. He explained violations were down. Broken knuckles, drawbars, yard derailments everything was down. His superiors told him if he wasn't writing violations he wasn't doing his job. Do some signal checks, too fast past an approach was an easy violation. He got back to the yard office, looked at the seniority list, discovered he could could hold a 2nd shift yard engine in Detroit and was gone. The next guy stuck with it about a year before Amtrak recruited him to the east coast.

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LansingRailFan wrote:
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Is GLC Union?
Yes. SEIU
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How did SEIU become a railroad's representative? They specialize in housekeeping and service personnel.
TSB wrote:
Tue Jan 19, 2021 10:45 pm
LansingRailFan wrote:
Sat Dec 26, 2020 4:20 pm
Is GLC Union?
Yes. SEIU
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AARR wrote:
Wed Jan 20, 2021 8:21 am
How did SEIU become a railroad's representative? They specialize in housekeeping and service personnel.
TSB wrote:
Tue Jan 19, 2021 10:45 pm
LansingRailFan wrote:
Sat Dec 26, 2020 4:20 pm
Is GLC Union?
Yes. SEIU
The same reason the UAW represents Casino workers. Need that sweet, sweet dues money.

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AARR wrote:
Wed Jan 20, 2021 8:21 am
How did SEIU become a railroad's representative? They specialize in housekeeping and service personnel.
TSB wrote:
Tue Jan 19, 2021 10:45 pm
LansingRailFan wrote:
Sat Dec 26, 2020 4:20 pm
Is GLC Union?
Yes. SEIU
Any Union can represent any company. The specialty really doesn’t make a difference.
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FWIW, 397 will be going to Progress Rail to be rebuilt.
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SD80MAC wrote:
Wed Jan 20, 2021 9:31 am
FWIW, 397 will be going to Progress Rail to be rebuilt.
Thanks for the update. My guess is that with the frame issue, it'll go via flatcar, as I doubt a class 1 will take it on it's own wheels...
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SD80MAC wrote:
Wed Jan 20, 2021 9:31 am
FWIW, 397 will be going to Progress Rail to be rebuilt.
Will it be speced to gp38-3 anything engine done or will it just be the frame
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AARR wrote:
Wed Jan 20, 2021 8:21 am
How did SEIU become a railroad's representative? They specialize in housekeeping and service personnel.
TSB wrote:
Tue Jan 19, 2021 10:45 pm
LansingRailFan wrote:
Sat Dec 26, 2020 4:20 pm
Is GLC Union?
Yes. SEIU
SEIU took over the M of W union that had represented all of the non-running trades of the company.
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I'm glad they're opting to repair it. Seeing as how GLC uses almost all of their engines on a daily basis and that's one of my childhood engines, I'm glad to see it being repaired.
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KingsleyRailFan wrote:
Wed Jan 20, 2021 6:51 pm
I'm glad they're opting to repair it. Seeing as how GLC uses almost all of their engines on a daily basis and that's one of my childhood engines, I'm glad to see it being repaired.
How long have they had the 397?
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ns8401 wrote:
Wed Jan 20, 2021 7:47 pm
KingsleyRailFan wrote:
Wed Jan 20, 2021 6:51 pm
I'm glad they're opting to repair it. Seeing as how GLC uses almost all of their engines on a daily basis and that's one of my childhood engines, I'm glad to see it being repaired.
How long have they had the 397?
2/15/2011 is the first picture of it on rrpics, previous life for 397 was UP 451(GP38-2) LLPX 2327(GP38-2) PC 8015(GP38-2) GLC 397(GP38-2) CR 8015(GP38-2) EMDX 815(GP38-2) build date is 8/1972
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If 2011 is the first pic and it’s an engine from his childhood then I must be getting old...
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ns8401 wrote:
Wed Jan 20, 2021 11:03 pm
If 2011 is the first pic and it’s an engine from his childhood then I must be getting old...
I was thinking the same thing.
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ns8401 wrote:
Wed Jan 20, 2021 11:03 pm
If 2011 is the first pic and it’s an engine from his childhood then I must be getting old...
I'm a teenager but I'm getting old because i remember nkp 765 conrail and the gmtx on glc long ago
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AndrewsTrains wrote:
Thu Jan 21, 2021 10:00 am
ns8401 wrote:
Wed Jan 20, 2021 11:03 pm
If 2011 is the first pic and it’s an engine from his childhood then I must be getting old...
I'm a teenager but I'm getting old because i remember nkp 765 conrail and the gmtx on glc long ago
So is was built a year after my build date. :)
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TC Man wrote:
Thu Jan 21, 2021 12:28 pm
AndrewsTrains wrote:
Thu Jan 21, 2021 10:00 am
ns8401 wrote:
Wed Jan 20, 2021 11:03 pm
If 2011 is the first pic and it’s an engine from his childhood then I must be getting old...
I'm a teenager but I'm getting old because i remember nkp 765 conrail and the gmtx on glc long ago
So is was built a year after my build date. :)
LOL my moms as old as a cf7 fa unit build date on Indiana rr
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I may be thinking of another engine. I remember most of the engines like that had that color scheme, and I distinctly remember seeing 397 a few times in 2012/2013. That was almost 10 years back.
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I'm amazed that 397 is being rebuilt. Seems like when a frame is bent that its usually the death knell of a locomotive.
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