[mlassoff]

Originally Posted by nep321

And just where are we going to get the money to pay for these new rails?

Perhaps if conductors weren't making 100K to punch holes in card stock, we'd be able to spend more on maintaining rails?

[DarkWolf]

Originally Posted by mlassoff

Perhaps if conductors weren't making 100K to punch holes in card stock, we'd be able to spend more on maintaining rails?

They make 50-70k....Some engineers make 100k....but they deserve every penny working 50-60hrs a week...thats more then the average person and they definitely work harder then the average FFC commuter who spends most of his or her day in a tiny cubicle on a computer. Its not the Employees who are the problem its the way Connecticut upgrades things and takes care of things in general. Metro North is really a second player in Connecticut , the state calls the shots hence why the network is in such bad shape. Look at the Metro North tracks in New York and even New Jersey , everything has been upgraded..and that only took 10 years. Why is it taking CT so long and other states have done it quickly....it points to incompetence on the state level and bad management at the DOT. Branches like the Danbury , Waterbury and New Canaan would have been fully upgraded by now if they were in New York or New York...but CT rather push work down the road and then you have incidents like this. Half of the Grade Crossings in Connecticut are either ungated or out of date.... Theres really no excuse for putting off upgrades like this for so long and not checking your tracks every 2 weeks like most Railroads do. Connecticut does it once a month or even once a year... New York , New Jersey , Pennsylvania , Massachusetts , Maryland do it once a week or every 2 weeks....

[CathyJ1234]

Originally Posted by mlassoff

Perhaps if conductors weren't making 100K to punch holes in card stock, we'd be able to spend more on maintaining rails?

Maybe you should get your facts straight before you post jibberish. My brother is a conductor. He makes no more than 65k per year WITH overtime.

[Stratford, Ct. Resident]

Originally Posted by mlassoff

Perhaps if conductors weren't making 100K to punch holes in card stock, we'd be able to spend more on maintaining rails?

Read: Metro-North passenger recalls moment of impact | Fairfield-Sun.com

[Cambium]

Amtrak: Service will not operate between NYC & New Haven through Monday. No estimate on service restoration
(https://twitter.com/NYCAviation/stat...63297486630913)

[nep321]

Maybe they should consider abandoning the Metro North in CT and pave over the entire thing and create a new state highway. No removal of vegetation would be required. Just remove the tracks, ready the surface, pave it and build exits where the existing stations are. Call it CT-13 or something. NJ has express highways like that, why not CT?

[DarkWolf]

Originally Posted by nep321

Maybe they should consider abandoning the Metro North in CT and pave over the entire thing and create a new state highway. No removal of vegetation would be required. Just remove the tracks, ready the surface, pave it and build exits where the existing stations are. Call it CT-13 or something. NJ has express highways like that, why not CT?

Maybe Trolls like yourself should grow up....the Northeast Corridor carries almost a million people a day...and accounts for 70% of the Intercity Travel in the Northeast... Ripping it up would overload the overburdened Airport and Interstate system.....if you took care of your infrastructure things like this wouldn't happen. What happens when a Bridge collapses , should we remove all bridges and go back to Ferries? New Jersey hasn't ripped any Railways...we preserve , upgrade and restore the network... Hopefully Connecticut Trade and traffic over the next few weeks grinds to a complete halt....20hr a day jams....that will teach you and others how important transit are.

[CTbrooktrout]

Originally Posted by Nexis4Jersey

working 50-60hrs a week...thats more then the average person and they definitely work harder then the average FFC commuter who spends most of his or her day in a tiny cubicle on a computer

Unless someone has worked every job out there, I don't think anyone is in a position to to make such a statement.

[7 Wishes]

Originally Posted by mlassoff

Perhaps if conductors weren't making 100K to punch holes in card stock, we'd be able to spend more on maintaining rails?

I'm curious if they are unionized?

Originally Posted by CTbrooktrout

Unless someone has worked every job out there, I don't think anyone is in a position to to make such a statement.

Agreed, there are plenty of people who work that many hours doing a similar level of physical and manual labor who don't make anywhere near that......

[Henry10]

I don't think though that it will take weeks to repair, it might get repaired this weekend. If not, rather than drive straight to work tomorrow, I will go tonight, on the Merrit.