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Those are the controls of a Genesis Loco

Ah yes, the Genny, thanks.

This was an excellent class when I took it years ago with Spanky. Also well worth while for Croton FD (as a whole) to have it due to the obvious.

I see you were playing on an M7. Did you get any time on a Shoreliner / Genesis as they're very different than the M7? I do see a pic of a cab car on the website but it didn't look like there was any activity on it.

Also looking at the pics on the website, what are the controls of in the last pic? They look like they should be of an M7 but something doesn't look right with them.

You arent supposed to look at the lights to begin with. I guess they dont teach anymore to look at the white line when passing vehicles.

How can you not look at them when they're coming at you? Or see the white line when you're blinded??? That's how blinding they are! While they might be good for the vehicle they are in, in terms of visibility, what good is it when oncoming cars are blinded to the point that they will hit you?

While you may be a believer in them because you have them and you can see better, I personally think they should be outlawed because they are a hazard to other drivers.

Regardless if it's union/non union, new driver/seasoned driver, gps/no gps, how hard is it when you see a sign that says 10 foot clearance and you're driving a 13 foot truck that it's not going to fit?!?!?!

There are important concepts that you need to know when driving a truck. One of them is the height of what you're driving! These idiots should get there CDLs revoked for the level of stupidity involved.

Not even close! Must have made a bang when he hit the bridge. Looks like a rail bridge, is it active?

Yes, it's an active rail bridge. I'm not sure of ownership (either Norfolk Southern or Metro North) but the Metro North Port Jervis Line(operated by New Jersey Transit) runs on it. Harriman Station is to the south and Salisbury Mills to the north.

Thats one pick up truck that will be headed to the scrap yard.

Hopefully the driver will be headed to the prison yard.

GPS again, at least it wasn't a railroad crossing this time.

Oh but they made improvements to that crossing....

There are now reflective markings adjacent and perpendicular at that crossing.

Unfortunately they scared the heck out of some of the engineers the first time they navigated that crossing at night. Coming through that turn in the dark the markings look just like the reflective striping on trucks.

See you all on the 8:41 to NYC for the Parade.

You and everyone else

Sounds like a good day to mark up. Packed trains + loads of garbage on the platforms = a day from hell on the MNR.

Dan thanks for the first hand account of the roof task. I just don't understand when these type of massive homes are built or renovated (I was told this was an old cow barn?) why in the world would you not sprinkler the building, makes no sense.

I did work during the renovations at this house and wondered what kind of fire load this would add to the structure (not that there was much to wonder about). That house was only renovated about 3 or 4 years ago.

That's not the only structure on the property with a thatch roof. There are a few bungalows on the back hill that have the same type of roof and one or two other houses.

NO NO NO.. not just Amtrak. Lets not forget the Metro North Railroad Police. This is what they look for when there are no speeding trains to pull over or breaking up weddings in Grand Central Terminal of late.

This is far from an isolated case. Rail fans are constantly getting harassed for this kind of reckless behavior.

The M-7 was originally brought to the North White train yard after the fire. Not sure if it's still there.

Through a reliable source, the fire was in the lead truck of the second head car. The fire was extinguished by the conductor, the FD investigated, the car went to POK where it was inspected by MNRR personnel. The car was deemed safe and was turned for it's next run.

The coach in question was 6388.

If they had to pick from the available "classes" of CDL , I'm sure they'd require a "B". Operation of a single vehicle with a gross weight rating of over 26,000 pounds. Perhaps you'd also need a tank endorsement for the tankers....

You are correct on the class B license. However.....

A tanker endorsement is required for anyone operating a Class A or B vehicle with either a permanently mounted cargo tank rated at 119 gallons or more or a portable tank rated at 1,000 gallons or more as stated in the New York State Commercial Driver's Manual.

No, I had thought when CDL's came out in the late '80s - early '90s that it was 1000 gals or more period. But then again, that was when I was able to take the test as an open book "grandfather" type method.

A Class C only applies to vehicles under 26,000 lbs if transporting 15 or more passengers (P endorsement), transports any number of passengers under Article 19-A (P and S endorsement) or vehicles carrying hazardous materials.

Fortunately most shouldn't need a medical certificate under 49CFR Part 391.

A note for anyone getting or thinking about getting a CDL... if forces you to a higher standard when operating a motor vehicle including a POV. If you have a CDL you must report any violations to your employer (even in your POV). Also if you have a CDL and get arrested for DWI or DWAI you will be found guilty until proven innocent in the sense that you get your license revoked on the spot.

Thanks for the link, but I read real newspapers like the NY Times and the Wall Street Journal, not the Journal News.

The guy plead guilty. What a shame. He could have had it dismissed had he gotten a good attorney. Then he could have taken the case and used it as a free speech issue in an effort to challenge the reasonableness of that particular section of the disorderly conduct statute. Or, he could have taken the case and used it as an example of the fact that maybe Mr. State Trooper should grow thicker skin.

Could have, should have. If he hired an attorney to get it dismissed how much more than $100.00 (the fine) would have been spent? Addition to the money spend, the punk would not have learned to respect people of authority.

Yes, possibly the trooper could have had thicker skin. I personally don't know as I wasn't there to witness exactly what happened. Regardless, the actions of the not so thick skinned trooper were prompted by the actions of someone that didn't know any better.

For the past five or so years I've used HR Block's TaxCut software. This year I decided to purchase Intuit's Turbotax due to a bundled software package I purchased with it.

I wish I stuck with Tax Cut. While Turbotax asks the same questions and ultimately gives you the same result. I like Tax Cut better due to the multimedia features when I get a case of the stupids with some of the questions asked. Because of this I think Tax Cut is more user friendly.

Both will let you Efile both fed and state and the $200 NYS VF credit is there.

If it wasn't a volunteer or career firefighter would it have made the news?

Probably, you don't have to be a public figure to make the hall of shame on this news cast. Being a public figure just allowed the media to put a different spin on the situation.

To further complicate matters the judgment is in the business name. He's not personally named (according to the papers shown). He could claim bankruptcy on the business and might get away with owing anything other than the businesses assets.

Must be out of the Poughkeepsie Urinal???

Nope, it was from channel 2 TV (CBS).

Saw the news channels jumping all over possible terrorism angles... Looking to scare up a story... shocker there.

It was almost amusing listening to some of the reporters ad lib their stories.

One reporter stated how "the flight made an unscheduled landing on the Hudson River".

Since when would a landing in the Hudson be scheduled?

Another talking about hypothermia... "the temperature is 18 degrees with an even colder water temperature".

If the water temperature was colder it would be ice!

Talking about a "meeting" place to reunite passengers with their families... "only two passengers showed up, the others chose to go to hospitals throughout Manhattan".

They chose to go to the hospital? Out of nessesaty I'm sure.

Great job media! Keep up the good work!

City firefighters, responding to a dryer fire that filled a coin-operated laundromat with smoke yesterday morning, had just entered the Welcher Avenue building and were working on the blaze when the smoke triggered the sprinkler system, Fire Chief John Pappas said.

This was not a direct quote from the chief as it was not in quotes in the article. The only one that really knows what was said to the reporter here was the chief. The rest is nothing more than less than accurate reporting.

"The sprinklers went off right after we made entry," Pappas said. "Our guys got soaked. It would have been a lot better if they didn't go off."

Since this was in quotations in the article, this should have been taken verbatim.

One thing you learn from reporting to the media seminars is what ever you say is fair game whether you meant what is written or not. Additionally, what is directly quoted could have been taken out of context from what the literal conversation was.

The debate becomes do you put the pump on the ladder where it takes up valuable space and adds weight or do you use one of the many pumpers that wind up scattered around the scene.

I could be wrong but doesn't the added weight of the "functioning" part of the truck (pump and tank) offset the amount of "dead" weight that's added to counter balance the aerial? I understand that the dead weight is most often placed behind the rear axle(s) but I thought that the weight of the pump and was taken into account in the end product.

We need to support the American worker and American business, not send our wealth overseas.

Just because you buy American (US) doesn't mean it's being made in the United States. More and more of the big three's production is coming from Canada or Mexico.

If you have enough beer and stand on the end of the walkway into the front door, you should have enough PSI to pee into the Town of Washington, Millbrook Fire Disctrict.

And the run off will go right past NYSP Troop K HQ!

Merlin,

Sometimes there are different names for towns that the GPS reconizes. ie. Millbrook/Town of Washington.

Garmin is the same way between there being physical town names or which post office delivers the mail there.

...And as for Commercial Vehicles, they are always subject to heightened inspections and always have been.

I am aware they are and for good reason, I see a lot of trucks that have no business being on the road and further more I've refused to drive trucks that have no business being on the road even after threats from past employers.

My issue is when specific troopers who think they know more than they really do cite violations that don't exist (specifically in HAZMAT enforcement). To make matters worse, after appearing in court with supporting documents from both the FMCSR and NYCRR, the judge sides with the officer based the (unwritten) codes of specific towns and subsequently fines the carrier. I believe that this is due to CMVE (as 50-65 touched on) being a cash cow for the state.