Upcoming Rail Strike Threatens New Car Deliveries

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09-17-22, 08:41 AM

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Conductors traditionally announced the station-stops, collected tickets, and kept order in the passenger cars. Perhaps those duties are less-important or less-widespread today, but there is still some need for them.

Ok, but this was a freight rail negotiation ... what do freight rail conductors do?

09-17-22, 08:43 AM

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what exactly do 'conductors' do on today's trains?
and why do trains still need 'drivers' when they're on rails for goodness sakes, and have signals everywhere.

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09-17-22, 09:37 AM

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Ok, but this was a freight rail negotiation ... what do freight rail conductors do?

They do a variety of work, from train-scheduling to being a yard foreman, to switching freight cars around to different trains....whatever is specifically needed at that time.

11-21-22, 08:06 AM

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Once again, a new possibility of a rail strike looms............

https://www.washingtonpost.com/busin...location=alert

12-01-22, 02:23 PM

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Another strike recently loomed, but both the House and Senate have now passed a resolution-bill that will avert a possible December strike. Under the Railway Protection Act of 1926, the U.S. Congress has the authority to resolve railroad strikes.

Although this post deals with with Congress, BTW, I don't necessarily consider it political......it deals squarely with a settlement of the strike threat, which would have vastly shut down much of the new-vehicle-shipment buisness from the plants.