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| Favorite team: | Missouri  |
| Location: | Kansas City |
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| Occupation: | US Army and BNSF |
| Number of Posts: | 59 |
| Registered on: | 7/12/2016 |
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re: Another train derailment
Posted by finkle on 4/29/24 at 12:15 pm
Looks Like you might be an NSer? Do you guys use trip optimizer? I'm a BNSFer, we almost exclusively use it, under penalty of investigation, so when you say "shitty engineer", i'll retort with shitty AI program to run the trains... and that train make up you cited that was a shitty engineer, maybe...
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re: November is going to be interesting
Posted by finkle on 2/5/24 at 9:56 am
It was more than that in California alone, that’s why the mention of the those 5-6 swing states. Running up the popular in NY and Cali doesn’t matter. ...
re: New to Instagram, New Friends want to come to house and cook/clean/other for the weekend!
Posted by finkle on 11/12/23 at 3:41 pm
bump for update...
re: New to Instagram, New Friends want to come to house and cook/clean/other for the weekend!
Posted by finkle on 11/11/23 at 12:51 pm
[link=(https://www.instagram.com/emilykings__1/)]Emily[/link]
[link=(https://www.instagram.com/terrytina4/)]Tina[/link]
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New to Instagram, New Friends want to come to house and cook/clean/other for the weekend!
Posted by finkle on 11/11/23 at 12:06 pm
Sounds great, what could go wrong? On the up and up, Am I missing something?
[link=(https://www.instagram.com/emilykings__1/)]Emily[/link]
[link=(https://www.instagram.com/terrytina4/)]Tina[/link]
Well,you baws were definitely disappointing... I've read hundreds of the OT threads and muc...
EZ start unit of RV or even a Home unit. Any negatives?
Posted by finkle on 10/24/23 at 12:19 pm
Looking to put on on RV and figure, what the hell, put one on the home too, why not?
thoughts?...
.22 rimfire, Winchester M-22 40grn, 1255 fps…. $67.00 per 1000 Seems like a good buy???
Posted by finkle on 8/9/23 at 8:43 pm
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re: Looking for a compact, AO scope in matte finish, rangesfrom 1-8/9 power.
Posted by finkle on 7/11/23 at 4:15 pm
Thanks for the suggestion fellas, went with this one to try out... didn't love any of the of the reticles, reviews are good. I'll play with this one, and get back with you...
https://www.amazon.com/Swampfox-Arrowhead-Riflescope-consistent-compatible1-8X24/dp/B087F68RC3/ref=sr_1_14?crid=30BVGXLFP...
re: Looking for a compact, AO scope in matte finish, rangesfrom 1-8/9 power.
Posted by finkle on 7/10/23 at 5:20 pm
Nightforce and swampfox arrowhead, I’ll do some readying. Familier with Nightforce. Did some Prarie dog shooting with those. LARGE scopes. Great light gathering. Unfamiliar with Swampfox. Thanks again. ...
Looking for a compact, AO scope in matte finish, rangesfrom 1-8/9 power.
Posted by finkle on 7/10/23 at 11:30 am
Looking for a compact, AO scope in matte finish, optix from 1-8/9 power, quality glass is MUST, all my glass is leupold/burris/nikon,Zeiss, and leica binos...
open to some of the newer stuff with good reps, just point me in the right direction, thanks fellas.
scope will be on older ruger 77-...
re: Laptop Recs
Posted by finkle on 4/14/23 at 9:40 pm
eBay or FB marketplace a Dell Latitude 5570-80-90 for ~$150, upgrade to a 512gb SSD and RAM to at least 8gb. A fine puter for <$300
Heck, you might find it with those upgrades/specs for that initial $150. ...
re: Somebody Explain The Potential Rail Strike
Posted by finkle on 9/14/22 at 10:22 am
"eta-What's the hi-viz policy?"
LOL, Mostly what I've been trying to explain, and doing a poor job of, A point system attendance policy that can deplete quickly, and take forever to recoup...
[link=(https://www.railwayage.com/freight/class-i/bnsf-modifying-hi-viz-attendance-policy/)]Railway Ag...
re: Somebody Explain The Potential Rail Strike
Posted by finkle on 9/14/22 at 9:56 am
We were told the same, nights/weekends/holidays/rain/shine/snow/etc... However, if needed or wanted a day, no questions asked, you just called the caller and marked off/took off. The railroad maintained an extra board(relief workers/extra manpower) for reasonable layoffs of assigned or pool workers...
re: Somebody Explain The Potential Rail Strike
Posted by finkle on 9/14/22 at 9:39 am
One additional Holiday
Sign on bonus are a result of 20ish% of workforce, mainly new guys, quitting since covid and the new high viz policy. When I hired out, 300 guys were trying to get 8 jobs, a few weeks ago in Galesburg, they tried to put on a class of 20, and only 4 of the selected show up f...
re: Somebody Explain The Potential Rail Strike
Posted by finkle on 9/14/22 at 9:29 am
I very much enjoy when El Gaucho posts......
re: Somebody Explain The Potential Rail Strike
Posted by finkle on 9/14/22 at 9:28 am
Same type of story, the inward facing camera have eliminated most of the nesting, but the RR could pull hundreds of hours of tape when they decide to.
To be fair, I've had conductors stand next to me all night feeding me coffee and talking to me when I've been caught short too... I dread if the...
re: Somebody Explain The Potential Rail Strike
Posted by finkle on 9/13/22 at 9:36 pm
"Perhaps I am more mentally challenged than you anticipated because I still don’t understand most of what you just wrote."
We get this a lot, lingo and sayings that don't translate.
Road jobs, moving trains cross country are called "pool turns", and almost always work on call, with no schedul...
re: Somebody Explain The Potential Rail Strike
Posted by finkle on 9/13/22 at 6:09 pm
"that career afforded him and family a great living standard. He retired on a pretty lucrative RR pension"
this is mostly still intact, however, the crews have dropped from 5 to 2 person, trains are up to 15,000' in length, and the RR didn't have attendance/availability policies until 2006-07 i...
re: Somebody Explain The Potential Rail Strike
Posted by finkle on 9/13/22 at 6:01 pm
Yes. FTM and GB. 223 and 281 miles. ...
re: Somebody Explain The Potential Rail Strike
Posted by finkle on 9/13/22 at 5:35 pm
[link=(https://www.railwayage.com/freight/class-i/bnsf-modifying-hi-viz-attendance-policy/)]LINK[/link] This article addresses the biggest beef, from Railwayage.com
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In my area, we have two pools going east out of KC, we have between 60-70 guys on these two boards, only 4 a day are allowed t...
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