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    What are the realities of the Conductor trainee job?

    I would say a lot depends on how fast seniority moves in your crew base; this meaning how often people above you in seniority either bid out to another area, retire, are fired, move to engine service etc. I work on the west coast and they definitely do warn you that you could be on call for...
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    Amtrak Closed San Francisco Ticket Office Oct 28th, 2019

    Few points when I asked a member of the CC JPA: - The JPA obviously wanted to run the buses into the new Salesforce Transit Center but the roadblock that came up was how much the transit center authority was asking for insurance. The price was astronomical according to the person I talked to...
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    Surfliner Equipment Maintenance?

    This is partially true. The version I have heard is that when the single level Siemens are delivered to the San Joaquins, the Capitol Corridor JPA plans to take the bilevel equipment to supplement their fleet. The CCJPA too wants to add more trains/trains with 5 or more cars to ease...
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    San Joaquin draft business plan for FY 2018-19

    I work in the industry in Norcal. Changes are coming to the San Joaquins around April. The Joint Powers board is planning to eliminate the Sacramento Morning Express train; it did not meet their ridership expectations since inauguration about a year ago. The schedule is being changed back to the...
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