| Posted by Wyn on October 30, 2012 | |
How many union guys does it take to pick up a branch?
Twenty two, one to cut, one to lift and 20 to watch.
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| Posted by FSWood on October 30, 2012 | |
Was wondering when hurricane related photos would begin appearing. Sounds like a practical way to deal with obstructions.
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Looks more like "chain saw". So are the white hard hats managers, green observers and orange for the worker(s)? - I also like the "no photos please" hand in the back.
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| Posted by Tom on October 30, 2012 | |
To all you eastern storm-affected US railroaders, my thoughts and prayers are with you. Be careful out there.
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Great work capturing a peice of railroad history. Never before has the northeast transportation system has been so impacted by a storm.
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Did they only bring one chainsaw?
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How many people does it take to cut a tree? Nice shot.
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| Posted by Alan on October 30, 2012 | |
How many people does it really take to do this ?
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This is a true picture of state workers in action! In all seriousness, everyone raise up all thoughts and prayers to all who were and are continuing to be affected by this storm and crews and emergency personnel who clean up the aftermath.
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A bit of thought before you type would be helpful. These crews don't know what they will find across the right of way after the storm. This is only a tree branch, what about if a big tree had fallen 200 yards further on. The more men you have on site the quicker the job gets done, the quicker you move on to the next obstruction. The quicker you get the service running.
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Good shot of the massive clean up effort under way, and it does make sense to have almost 30 guys along for the trip since they didn't know what they would find. It's just too bad that most of them happened to be standing around watching when the photo was taken.
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Only guys with red hardhats are allowed to operate power tools. Green hats are observers. White hats are safety officials. And the guy up on the walkway had better stay way back since all he has is a big floppy hat. They need more guys with red hats.
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| Posted by LLOYD1 on October 30, 2012 | |
GOD bless you guys!! ALL the people who are in trouble in that whole area!!..Lloyd..
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Look at all those union employees - a great example of this country moving "Forward"! Nice catch Gregory. The photo speaks volumes in regards to what has been so well captured.
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Note to all: A majority of the track workers appear to be doing nothing, because they had just got off of the train after stopping. The guy with the chainsaw had a head start because he was standing on the front porch of the locomotive and quickly hopped off. There were also plenty of other tools inside of the train. Further work was done, but the photos probably don't meet the requirements for the site.
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| Posted by on October 31, 2012 | |
Sad commentary by those who turn a natural disaster into an opportunity for political potshots. So comfy sitting behind your keyboard while never lifting a twig yourself.
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| Posted by Mike on October 31, 2012 | |
No one seems to notice that this is a "cleanup train" of sorts that was run prior to restoring service. That would explain the abundance of workers and tools. Note in the first car you can see more green hats and rain coats. Does anyone think or do they just blurt out uneducated stupid remarks before asessing a photo? Just my uneducated guess with a minute or two of thought and rationalization.
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Train crews work plenty hard when the time comes. The man in black and floppy hat may be security in case of trouble.
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If they find damaged track or larger debris, I'm confident they have the manpower and equipment on board to get service running again.
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The guy with the black hat had flagging duty. He stands on the front of the train looking out for obstructions.
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| Posted by FrankB on October 31, 2012 | |
Terrific photo!
And as someone who has worked in the public eye, no matter how hard you work, those 2 minutes where you seem to be doing nothing people immediately start making wisecracks. If you don't know whats going on its easy to jump to conclusions.
The Dutch have an appropriate and amusing saying for this that translates as "the best skippers are usually found on the docks".
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| Posted by JDay on October 31, 2012 | |
The guy on the right (with white hardhat) picked a bad time to not have his safety glasses on. Click!
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Was a pun intended?? “workers.. ..disemBARKed”
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Railroading is a lot like farming. Sometimes you have to hurry up and wait til you are needed and then it is all hands on deck. I am sure that the colors of the hard hats signify worker status, but don't know in this particular case. The real question is why did all of them get off the train if not needed? Seems like it would slow the movement to the next obstruction with everyone getting back on again.
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Lots of great comments, but I really like the New Haven heritage paint on the locomotive.
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Is this a US Government or an US Army work crew? Two guys working, one guy supervising, and nineteen others watching. The guy with his hands in his pockets is definatley a union guy.
Seriously, what happened when Sandy went through was and is bad, but the media is treating this as if what happened in 2005 around the Gulf Coast was nothing. You sure don't hear the media blaming President Obama for this natural disaster. They sure as heck blamed President Bush for causing the natural disaster called Katrina in the Gulf Coast. Folks, there are still areas around the Gulf that will never be restored or repaired, including rail lines.
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Why are you all so quick to judge a photo that was taken seconds after they got off the train? The guy with the chainsaw was already walking the tracks ahead of the train. Because of those 30 or so guys, service was restored the NEXT DAY. And more progress is being made than any other railroad in the affected areas.
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Say what you want about who's doing what,,,the guy at Throttle has the best Job of them all. God speed Metro-North MoW.
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Gee whiz! Somebody should get photos of the flooded subway tunnels.
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Ignorance is bliss...I love the general public jumping on unions and the railroads but are the first to cry when they have no train service. Metro-North did one HELL of a job getting service restored as quickly as they did and I myself being an employee know what went into the effort. Long hours and being away from our own storm-related hardships at home was rough but I'm sure appreciation for our efforts will be far and few between...
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