Stupid Guest Tricks

Notatourist wrote:Having met Zazu, all I can say is, so is he....the man knows his trains...

Having met Jack in trains, and taking a tour with Jack....Let me jsut say, don't mess with Jack.

Having read many MANY MANY posts by Zazu....well, see post above.

Since we're talking whistle signals:

1 long: train stopp(ing)(ed) on tracks
1 long 1 short: train pulling into station
1 long 2 short: crew on track
2 long 1 short 1 long: Train approaching a crossing
2 short: Train moving forward
3 short: train moving in reverse
4 long: Train in distress

I guess I was fortunate when I was an engineer/fireman at Busch Gardens Williamsburg. All of our maintainance crew and Engineers were well aware of train safety. Other employees, on the other hand... We had several times where younger employees would dodge through the crossing gates at Caribou station when we were highball, and all us Engineers would usually have some harsh words for them. Other than that, the only problem we ever had was with the damn peacock who lived in the area. I damn near 10-7ed the bird permanantly one day when he crossed the tracks right in front of me.

hhsrat wrote:Since we're talking whistle signals:

1 long: train stopp(ing)(ed) on tracks
1 long 1 short: train pulling into station
1 long 2 short: crew on track
2 long 1 short 1 long: Train approaching a crossing
2 short: Train moving forward
3 short: train moving in reverse
4 long: Train in distress

The WDW Railroad has a few more:
2 short, 1 long, 1 short: Arriving at Toontown for maintenance (done every 4 hours)
1 short: Alert
2 shorts (when stopped): Station stop timeout
4 shorts: Slow down (or acknowledge same)
5 shorts: Engineer can't count

CBeilby wrote:Other than that, the only problem we ever had was with the damn peacock who lived in the area. I damn near 10-7ed the bird permanantly one day when he crossed the tracks right in front of me.

We have a similar problem with the deer in the area. All of them have been born since the railroad was in service, so it's not something strange to them. Some days, they just feel like walking slowly down the track, and all we can do is blow the whistle, cuss, and follow them. They pay no mind to any of it.

The first time this happened, I suggested to the engineer that we had a "cowcatcher" that might serve well as a "deercatcher" as well. He then quite correctly asked me how I would explain to all the kids in Toontown why the front of our locomotive was covered with roasted Bambi!

Zazu wrote:
The first time this happened, I suggested to the engineer that we had a "cowcatcher" that might serve well as a "deercatcher" as well. He then quite correctly asked me how I would explain to all the kids in Toontown why the front of our locomotive was covered with roasted Bambi!

That is when you tell them, see kids this is why you keep all hands, arms, legs, etc. in the ride at all times.

I was riding the train yesterday and as the CM is closing the gate and the train is pulling out a woman comes barreling through the gate and jumps in with the rest of her family in an already full row.

[quote="felinefan"]When I worked at Knott's, our train crews on the Calico R.R. were the real deal. One time the head engineer was degreasing the track between the depot and the Calico Pedestrian Crossing, and since the train was out, he asked me to keep an eye out for the train, and said that when I saw the train coming, to wave something back and forth across the tracks, as this is the signal to stop. When the train came around the bend by the roundhouse, near the Fiesta Village crossing, I took my conductor's hat off and waved that back and forth across the tracks. The train slowed, and stopped well back of the section of track the head engineer was degreasing. Also, the signal for a broken down train--or one undergoing maintenence--is a blue flag attached to the rear of the train. These signals go 'way back, and a book available at the Anaheim Central Library is titled "Train Wrecks"]
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justafigment84 wrote:That is when you tell them, see kids this is why you keep all hands, arms, legs, etc. in the ride at all times.

hahahahahahahahah!!!!!
thanks for the laugh, that is a good one!
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