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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: At the coast or in the mountains.
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I went around the loop in the 70's as an extraboard brakeman for the Southern Pacific, too many times for me.
I hated the trip to Bakersfield as you were always in run 8 going uphill or full dynamics going downhill. Terribly noisy all the way.
This was before the days of eye and hearing PPE.
As soon as I had a little seniority, I transferred to Local Freight on the PE side.
Much quieter, but my hearing was finally (mostly) saved when I got off the ground and became a Yardmaster.
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