testing
Pencil broke…
Two trains leave Pittsburgh at 5:00 pm headed for Chicago…
Solve for X…Show all work.
[8D]
No looking at anyone else’s paper. There will be no leaving one’s seat. There will be a bathroom break at which time you will be instructed to turn your papers upside down and not leave your seats until so instructed. Wait for the bell to start.
X got blocked in a chicago suburb by a broken CN train.
I assumed no gravity, though.
Were the two trains on the same railroad or competitors’ lines? Freight or passenger (we need to figure how many crews)?
X is variable, depending on whether the CN blockage (taken as a “given”) occurs at South Bend, Wellsboro, or Gary (where CN might drop a train off the bridge).
(Hands paper in, takes off for bathroom…)
As this “test” came with no advance notice I guess it was a “pop quiz” and that’s why my palms got sweaty…must be a flash back from my high school days!
Didn’t receive instruction soon enough… bathroom break now unnecessary… but you might want to contact the janitorial services for a clean up in aisle 2.
“testing…”
We get signal. Main screen turn on.
I think we have done enough testing. Now we need some fixing.
Testing delayed by code line failure.
Y only applies at Sprigsboro, Maynard, and Munster. Z applies only to Thorton. 0 is added for the diamond at Harvey. Add one extra crew to dogcatch at Schoolcraft if they have to double the Valpo hill.
. . . must be job-performance related (like, what other kind is worthwhile ?).
[fn #] Train does not run on Sundays when the Moon is full.
And the regular conductor of this train took the test on this particular Sunday (because he was off) and passed with flying colors since all of the questions concerned his train “today.”
Pueblo, we have a problem!
All kidding aside, it is interesting to note how often when riding NYC area trains…PATH, NJT, MNRR, LIRR, and MTA… we see “student” railroaders being toutered and studying for qualifying. Two weeks ago yesterday there were a several aboard the MNRR NH bound train out of GCT for instance. Usually in the first car as far forward as possible. Often a supervisor is there asking questions or giving instructions or advice of some kind.
Johnny, that wasn’t my intent - but I was wondering if anyone would make that connection anyhow ! [swg]
It was something like this:
Rules Examiner: "My God, man - you’d have collisions with so many trains . . . there’s no telling how much damage you’d cause. Why, I oughta fire you right now ! ".
Conductor: "Wait a minute . . . You said to tell you how many trains I’d have to meet and pass today - right ?
Well, today is Sunday - - - and them other trains ain’t running today !"
- Paul North.
Paul, you laid it wide open, since you and I have, in the past, mentioned this or that anecdote found in A Treasury of Railroad Folklore. For the benefit of those who do not have the book, the conductor in the story was not the sharpest blade in the drawer–but he was sharp enough to pass this test.
It was the engineer.
Here’s another question. A coal train leaves Point B for Point C, 200 (+/-) miles away. It takes 5 hours to go 175 miles. How long does it take to go the last 25 miles?
Jeff
In honor of Sarcastics Awareness Month, I’ll say that it takes half an hour to go the last 25 miles…before which you got about seven hours’ rest in the cab and a couple more hours outside, waiting in the wind and rain.