I was traveling through a small town in GA a few months ago and came across this. Isn’t this pretty bad? The bottom one is 70 days, but still…
Oh and what is the RVD one?
I would not put much stock in that sign as being accurate. the whole thing is a way of getting your attention for being injury free. I just know that some of these guys get up and then get ready for work and in route to work say i feel lousy today i think ill stand in the gage and let the train run over me so i dont haft to work any more for life. and take a pay off and disability. but in reality this is printed in the bullitins also and never match the signs, but its injury free last time somebody ran thru a switch, and the last time someone got cars on the ground due to a rule violation. rvd= rule violation derailment. such as a ran thru switch, going over a derail, bla bla bla.
I don’t know, Wabash1, we’ve got one of those signs locally and someone updates it every single day and woe to anyone caught messing with it.
As far as the figures, it’s probaby the figures for the part of the Georgia Division that comprises only that district.
All the carriers, especially the NS, take their Safety Records, very seriously.
Want to get fired as an Official - fudge something about an injury.
Wabash:
Speaking as one who has known the area around Wrens, You might take time to visit there. The folks I know from around there take their relationship with the railroad seriously. It’s also Tobacco Road country where folks have a real pride in where they came from and where they want to be.
PL
Please, Sir, what does “RVD” mean?
According to Wabash, RVD is a “Rule Violation Derailment”. That’s not a term I’m used to; we apparently mean the same thing when we call them “Human Factor” derailments.
RVD (rule violation derailments) mean simply a crewmember did something that broke the rules, and as a result wheels hit dirt. Most usually reversing through a run through switch, running over a derail, running off the end of a track, etc.