Union Pacific crew boarded a loaded coal train for the long trek to Salina.
The Bad news: Just a few miles into the trip a wheel bearing became
overheated and melted, letting a metal support drop down and grind on the rail,
creating white hot molten metal droppings spewing down to the rail.
The Good news: A very alert crew noticed smoke about halfway back in the train
and immediately stopped the train in compliance with the rules.
The Bad news: The train stopped with the hot wheel over a wooden bridge with
creosote ties and trusses. (In defense of the crew, according to Sixgun Jr., the crew tried to 'splain to higher-ups, but were instructed not to move the damn train!)
RULES IS RULES! (But, don't let common sense get in the way of a good disaster!)
WHAT MAKES MANAGEMENT THINK A LOWLY WORKER KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON?!
3 comments:
Well that train it keeps a rollin, rollin down the track, that train keeps a rollin it aint never comin back. Im stuck in Sharon Kansas and I aint got no way back.
Theyc alled and asked Obama what to do. He replied let her burn, we will rebuild it with my stimulus money
That's the problem with upper management. They are cluelss about what it's really like to do the jobs of they people they manage.
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