Bill,
Thanks for the answer. Sorry that I left question # 2 off. What I wanted to know was if you are on a long haul such as cross country, do you have a relief engineer who will fill in while you rest or how do they work that? I talk to some of the cross country truckers at the big truck stop just South of Redding from time to time and they have their log books, but several of them have told me that they cheat on them as they get paid by the trip and the more they drive the more they make. I know that being an engineer on the railroad is a lot different from driving an 18 wheeler in the traffic say in L.
A. or Chicago, but you still have to be alert to what is going on down the track in front of you and listen to whatever news is being sent to you by radio. Believe me, I respect the train engineers. They made the best rolling targets I ever shot at.
Just joking as I used to spend some time around the yards when I was working near one. Fresno has a large one and Roseville has one that is pretty good sized.so there are a lot of engineers around them that are very friendly and great to answer questions.
By the way, I like your definition of the CWA. I guess they had to merge with a couple of other unions some years back to even keep going.
Ron