Re: Pay differences

As I've said in an earlier post the pay difference was not enough to make the crews want to stay in Chama and make hill turns. The Alamosa crews were away from home and the trick was to get a call that was going through to the home terminal. An extra day on the hill was another day away from home and family.
The crew making the hill turn got a days pay=100 miles. The crew going through also got a days pay = 100 miles. The guys on the train probably also got overtime or an allowance FTD = 6 miles.
If the train and helper were called at the same time, the first out crew worked the help. If the two were not called at the same time, the first out crew was called first and the next crew on the board was called 2nd. Yes, you can bet there was plenty of "sharp shooting" going on all the time. Out of the home terminal, the Alamosa crews worked low miles out first; in other words the crew on the board with the fewest miles for the pay period went 1st out. At Chama, and this is only an educated guess, the crews probably held their same relative position on the board as when they left the home terminal.
In the last days of the narrow gauge, the narrow gauge pool had only one crew so when they called a train to Chama, the pool crew was called first, then an extra crew was "built up" for the other jobs which might include the train to Chama or the local to Antonito.
Clear as mud?
I am not sure I understand it even after all these years.
Woody