Re: Sumpter Valley paperwork...

george pearce Wrote:
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> I would like to know how much these two gents were
> paid for this day's work. By my calculations, they
> were "over the road" for 2 hrs 5 min, and doing
> switching movements for 1 hr 30 min during the
> day. Total work time by my calculations is 3 hrs
> 35 min. Would this count for a full day's work?
> And they get 2 hrs overtime added on to this as
> well? Something doesn't sound right here!!

Depending on whatever "local agreements" were in place, they would have been paid their "daily rate" which would have covered 8 hrs of on duty time or 100 miles traveled, whichever came first. This would have covered whatever time they spent on the road going from Ridgway to Dallas Divide and return. In addition to this, it appears they got paid additionally for time spent switching in Ridgway, Dallas Divide and back in Ridgway. As this was over and above the 8 hour daily rate, it was paid as overtime.

My question is is why did the dispatcher send a lone Class 60 - C-16 , which is capable of pulling perhaps 3 loads or 5 empties up a 4% grade, to Dallas Divide all by itself?

In further reflection, this is simply the ENGINEMEN's time report. No conductors involved. I'm thinking these guys were on a helper engine assigned to train that continued on south.

At any rate, this was a nice day's work, sure beats the 16 hr slog they could have had.