Proviso having visitors Tues through Thursday... we shall see the outcome
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Proviso hump closed 7/10/19.
Proviso yard and Chicago in general has the best railroaders on planet earth, flat switch, build any length train in mind blowing time, qualified passenger conductors dealing with public one day, moving freight the next in the hottest, coldest temps anywhere, here in Chicago nobody notices or cares about the old rat filled mold filled building as some brownie burglar put it because we're focused on things like railroading and standing while peeing and eating beef jerky simultaneously... we're men! Anyways Omaha is completely oblivious to the CONSTANT sabotage occurring to purposely limit freight movements, you have people who have NO business stepping onto railroad property let alone flipping burgers making critical decisions regarding everything from hiring, power needs, rule enforcement, train makeup and scheduling, I've been there since 2004 and my hand to the almighty it's like railroad candid camera I'm hoping somebody just comes from behind an engine or shed and says "GOTCHA".. EVERYTIME big wigs come into town their lied to, about..... everything and shown only what was cleaned up hours earlier. 15 minute speech to back a train up 50 yards to a joint otherwise 15 college aged kids jump on you, hiring folks who don't belong driving uber cars and murdering people using fmla everyday lazier than a homer Simpson Teamster are only excepted, on and on and on... the hardest workers drilled upon until they can't take it anymore, the laziest pieces of sh-- rewarded and untouched even given shout outs on breathing in and out while f---ing the railroad in the ground...I dunno... who f---ing cares anymore. The BN will eventually be the king's of Chicago because they railroad they give a f--- about employee clubs or giving presidential speeches for simple train movements, hire people with real resumes and didn't eat lead paint as kids...
Good luck to those lucky ones making $100.000 plus, YOU WILL NEED IT FOR YOUR HEALTH CARE & LAWYERS IN 2021, BEST WISHES.
Proviso is a manpower intensive yard, That don’t fit in the program. They want the least manpower possible.
Proviso is a hell hole, should have been shut down and moved to G3 years ago. The admin building is filled with rats and mold, the only manual hump yard on the UPRR and the command center should be centralized with the other railroads or moved back to HDC. Just my opinion....
We were told the same thing in Fort Worth. They've been telling us that on an almost weekly basis.