RTOMan

The R68As have the best Dynamic brakes in the system if you ask me but the friction stinks. You grab a good break and Hold it the train will retard... DO NOT FAN those brakes you keep doing that and the dynamic will drop out and the friction will take longer.......... Next thing you know you got cars out....

I think it may be the R68A(5000 Series)

Ah cool.. Wait till you get a Load of those R68As......

You are gonna need em RTO Waits for no one... They may skip you over and tell you to come back...

Im sure the "inside experience" on things is freely talked about here when it comes to Schoolcar aspects of operations and so forth. There are Other things that Unless you are down here is just plain "need to know". When you get down here all will be explained... Senior Man BBbwwwhhhaaaaaa ...

You got the right attitude brother!

If anything some of whats spoken here, and some of whats not...

Close (1057) still thats what we call "Blood Money" you FEEL it after the end of the week if yer working it for five days.. Once in a while is cool Extra or VR those Cats who pick those jobs usually dont have a spring in their step either.. Say NO for every Question on that Effing Computer!!!!!!

Well for some "reason" They couldn't find a TSS if their lives was at stake. So i had to 1st Wrong rail the train back into the station from the South End.. Get the People off the train, then ISO, pull angels lock and retrieve (oh joy).. Then have my C/R Flag me on the radio while i took power from the third car(It was a Slant R40). We forgot to go to Yard and was on B2 for the whole move we had to go through two other stations. I have to say they was impressed, me i was nervous as heck...

Baby steps you must crawl before you can walk! I had the "fun" of doing other than head in on the Mainline when the 1st two cars of my train just like died.. Lots of fun it was!

Good to hear! Tech Trains in my experience are usually the easiest to cut out. Now that being said.... Everything seems"easy" under perfect conditions(Schoolcar) sometimes during the rush hour yer train is packed and RCC is screaming at you to get that train moving can unnerve some.. Just throwing it out there...

Been hired since 2001...

Dont worry in time you will have that kind of fun!!!!

Pay wasnt better than a Plumber... I took a pay cut to come down here lol.. Still its a job i wanted to do i got my 7 years in as a plumber, i got a pension coming to me...

Yep in CCYd.....

Ah ha the "spring switch" lesson!!!

I guess you couldnt tell that the man was Joking Right? its all in fun!

If you can B Div!!!!!

Hopefully folks here wont go through what my class went through, nearly Five Years of being Extra extra... I was climbing the walls to pick a job.. Any Job.... Ha ha ha

There are no Secrets in RTO... Just saying....

Yep those are the ONLY answers which will be accepted on the Signals Quiz...

Ill be looking out for you folks when you reach the Field..

Ah Rookie Dump..... You study it every day it will help it helped us a lot we was ready for the test.Still its human nature to be a bit nervous the day of it though since your JOB will depend on getting 100%...

Thats what we did when they gave us those signal books we was told to STUDY it every day! Two people failed in our group they was asked to hand in their tools that day...

Word to the Wise regarding these Signals you just posted, when you take the Signals Quiz the meaning of the signal MUST be what they teach you it is. Have anybody gotten their signals Book? If so Study that Effer left and right those are the signals you will be tested on.. Stay away from any Online stuff! All it will do is get you clipped if you fail that quiz and they arent playing!!!