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Union agreements do go to far in some situations, but generally at least up here are a response to employees being violated by managers. I am generally anti-union, but on the railroad, I see a real need for them at least up here in Canada and from everyone I talk to the situation for employees...

I work on the railroads. I am sitting at the rockford restaurant in PG. On Pay. Legally, fully entitled to sit here for up to 4 hours eating. On pay. Because my situation and scenario permits it. You lift some heavy accusations, i could see no rulings regarding those accusations. Since...

That's a damned shame and a loss for the city. Abdullah

If you want to make a detour to sooke instead, i have my sailboat in the basin right now with crab traps out ;) been eating steaks and fresh Dungeness crab for the last few days. And i am already very sunburnt haha Abdullah

Not high speed, but BCR did use some electric locomotives to service tumbler ridge outside of PG. Very interesting tunnel on that line it apexes in the middle so any exhaust fumes will pool at the top, so if anything goes wrong it is a cut and run situation or knife the unit and run...

Yep, I can't count the number of tie fires I have seen in my few short years. Then talking to the foreman grass fires etc that may have been a result of the tie fires.. are insane. That doesn't even include when your in power say notch 2, 3 or 4.. and take a minimum with the automatic setting...

Yeah, that ain't going to go. CN has an impossible time keeping guys on the north line up here, fort Mac is even worse. So even IF it gets built, getting her staffed.. lol. I assume they will go OCS so laying the track would only be just over a cool million per mile. If they want CTC they are...

It is actually suprising how much of a fire risk trains and/or train crews are. I am in no way shape or form, implying, suggesting or informing anyone of any legal or moral responsibility for railways to fight fires or any realistic statistics involving railways and fires. It is just...

I agree with you, my huge "but" to that is if natural and/or man made disasters are going to be such a threat. Should we not develop another system to deal with it? Also what happens when, God forbid, we have to fight a tough war and fight these disasters at the same time? I would love to say...

Maybe leave the armed forces for fighting wars, so their training, exercises and conditioning can reflect that goal... Then maybe create or bolster another entity in order to respond to natural disasters, only deploying the armed forces if unrest, looting etc can not be handled by respective...

Hey Mate There is an entire thread dedicated to MSE ops that you may wish to purview before posting. To tired to look for it for you, right now. But do take a gander at it. May benefit you a lot :) All the best and good luck 👍 Abdullah P.s okay it bit me i went and found it for ya...

May he rip :(

Very nice read, thanks. I actually have not bothered to learn much of Eastern European history, but it does seem extremely interesting so in the future I may have to read more. Thanks again Abdullah

Islam in Europe a quick primer http://m.islamicbulletin.org/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.islamicbulletin.org%2Fnewsletters%2Fissue_13%2Fislam.aspx&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fduckduckgo.com%2F#2536 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Europe Religion and communism/communist states or ex commie...

Sigh... I have a sharia compliant mortgage :0 ;) Currently I pay 3.75% interest, locked in for 5 year terms with RBC. But sadly, many Muslims like the easy answers and assume, the simple answer is the right one. I also disagree this is a slippery slope, as long as contracts follows the...

Nah, this is a great post of idiocy on all sides. People need to go live their lives not exist in them and these silly issues will not be a big deal. This sailor didn't hurt anyone, we are all spending a lot of energy wondering his motives. Why not just ask him and leave it at that? And who...

It may be worth noting the three different cab companies i worked for over 6 or so years gave the drivers ability to turndown clients for legitimate reasons. Other cabbies i know who work for other companies also do the same or similar. So Uber has implemented a similar albeit more tech savvy...

Well.. if they have only been "observing" it is likely we may be ok... they may think we are off our rockers and are featured in their reality TV shows :0 Abdullah

Known terrorist released from prison.. early on good behavior but still allegedly sympathetic to terrorist groups... 'American Taliban' Lindh's release triggers outrage, with more 'war on terror' prisoners nearing freedom...

Ah Uh um - Justin Trudeau ^^ i deserve to have this post deleted lol