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Four was the norm for steam, more could be present depending on the job. There could also be a utility brakeman present, for instance, if a lot of switches needed to be manually thrown and hand signals passed, say, on a yard ladder. EDIT: Cabooses were 99% eliminated by federal decree 40+ years ago.

In diesel cab
1. Engineer
2. Fireman
3. Head-end Brakeman (sometimes)

In caboose
4. Conductor (train boss)
5. Brakeman

 

I have less than zero experience driving a train, but it sure seems to me that if you have a hundred cars and 10s of thousands of tons barreling along, that's an operation that requires multiple people.

 

Tell that to the hedge funds that control the RRs.

 

F you AT&T. Just got a notice my SSN is on the dark web thanks to the AT&T data breach. The more I think about it, I just want to know why I ever had to give them my social to begin with.

AT&T Offers All Customers Free Security Bundle After Data Breach

 

Red Lobster eyes bankruptcy option after $11M in losses from endless shrimp

 

Fortress, one of Gannett’s big investors, is also behind Red Lobster.

I’d think $11m is small potatoes for a business of that size, which has me wondering how bad of shape RL was in in the first place.

 

Red Lobster should have learned from the old school southern fish camps where if you offer all-you-can eat shrimp, you bring out all-you-can eat hushpuppies before the first shrimp ever hits the table.

 

Diversity Goals Are Disappearing From Companies’ Annual Reports

 

Red Lobster already famously did this in the 1990s with AYCE crab.

Makes me think this is either self-sabotage or a weird PR stunt.

 

Hey George, the ocean called.

 

I haven't eaten at a Red Lobster in more than 20 years. I'm sure the look on my face when some tourist asks if there is a Red Lobster on the island is priceless.

 

Once cheddar bay biscuit mix became available in the supermarket, its raison d’être disappeared.