[PRCo] Re: Maintenance

[James B. Holland]

Fred Schneider wrote:
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> Reread previous message. Dash lights.

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None on 1200s  --  None on cars below 1600.

> A good railroader could go through a pea soup fog at 50 mph and know 
> where he was all the way by the rocks along the right of way, the bad 
> joints in the rail, the crossings. They were paid to be good.
>
> You could also be "Myer the Cryer" who called in for every little defect.
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> We also need to admit here that conditions have changed. Men used to 
> change their own fuses and bulbs. It was part of life. They were 
> trained to do it. They were expected to use their heads for something 
> other than hat racks. Because of our litigious society, we are now 
> forbidden to do anything other than call for help.

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Can be and usually is a Very Fine Line between Good // Bad 
actions.       Just because someone makes a decision and  *-Makes--It-*  
does Not make that person a good  *-whatever-*  --  could also be Just 
Plain Luck that the individual made it and could also have been Gross 
Violation of safety procedure in the process as well.

Today electric vehicles are at a minimum so 600-volt (or whatever) tech 
is not well understood by employees  --  1940--1950 electric's were 
Quite Common and more understood.      Today we are NOT supposed to go 
on the roof to retrieve a trolley pole  --  spare trolley poles were 
strapped to PRCo PCCs and tool kits were inside  --  that changed when 
Drake and Library became terminals.       I have gone on the roof to 
retrieve poles  --  my leader was thus stuck and an Inspector was on 
scene and both were trying to retrieve pole.       Without a Word I went 
up on the roof and got it  --  Inspector gushing about commendation 
which I never received.

But there are many things I won't do and won't even consider.       AND  
even less that I would consider doing today because of the filthy rotten 
politics involved in the industry    ----    99__44/100%  of  SF--Muni  
Management  are Preachers Without a License who do not do their job but 
can point fingers at operators // drivers.       This is becoming Worse 
and Worse And Worse.       My experience with SF-Muni has almost 
completely soured me toward public transit as a black hole for money  
--  a total waste.




Jim__Holland


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down with pantographs ---- UP___WITH___TROLLEYPOLES!!!!!!!