As far as the job action on the UP for limiting engineers travel why dont they try for an hourly wage like IC had a while back. I dont know if the “merged” IC still has that plan or not. But i remember the engineers wages were around 30$ per hour with a 10 hour “day” as average.
This would be very interesting. As far as I know the major class ones pay their road crews (train service men) by the amount of train service they preform, on a monthly basis. However, I do know that in my hometown of Philadelphia, Septa (Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority) pays their train service employees by the hour, rookie engineeers on Septa make about 22 bucks per hour. Well, I can understand why Septa doesn’t pay it’s employees monthly for one, City Hall (Philly) won’t allow it, Septa is also a class two railroad.
I do wonder what will happen Union wise if UP decided to pay road service crews hourly??
I still dont quite understand the method of pay for train service employees. I do know at one time it was based on 100 miles being equated to an 8 hour day.
Can anyone shed any light on it?
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I thought a “day” was around 125 or 130 miles now.
A basic day is 130 miles. Before I came on orders I was making $148.00 a day, now that’s when I was not called to run a train. I was working Ft Worth to McAlester, OK. The run pays a trip rate of $237.00 a trip (one way). Most of the runs are all on trip rates.
A deadhead also pays a trip rate. That’s why we kill each other to get into a van!
Yard jobs, TSE’s and Local’s pay by the hour/ mileage, and that’s why you see those guy’s that are older then dirt behind the throttle!
I simiplified it but that’s kinda th’ way it goes, and it changes drastically from local to local.