The Miller Connection

By Dan Reed

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"Safety is not just a slogan"

Train and Engine Employees at Miller Yard have now gone 945 days without a reportable personal injury.  M. of W. Employees have gone 2007 days.  Car Department Employees have gone 1399 days.  Signal Department Employees  over 1825 days. 

The Safety Committee  sponsored a barbecue Dinner for all three shifts on July 15th.     Approximately 200 people attended.  Safety isn't just a slogan.  Work Safe, go home safe, Your Family Needs You Safe and Sound.


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Scrappy Bigham MOP should be back at Miller by this printing.  He was finally released  at Alpine and will arrive here about  Wednesday July 22.

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Miller Continues to handle overflow from Ft. Worth.   Miller Ramp continues  it's excellent on time record for loading and unloading, but is still experiencing Power Shortage Problems.  The Ramp continues to ask for "Power"  for the regular scheduled Pig Trains and the "Power" doesn't seems to be available.

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The Remodeling at Ney Yard Office is about finished.  The Parking Lot is well under way.  The New Main Line By Pass at Ney Yard Should now be open.  Leaving "Tower 55" you go south up the old ATSF Main Line to Allen Street.  There you will continue south on the old SP main line west of Ney Yard behind the grain elevators and back into the UP main south of Berry Street. This reroute was accomplished by swapping main lines between the SP Broadway Yard and the ATSF South bound main line.  This new Route around Ney Yard should help relieve the congestion.  Power Switches are in place for movements to these new tracks along with a power switch   at the old SP Ft. Worth Branch switch.

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Ennis Yardmaster Clint Morales reports heavy traffic.Operations are normal.  A Dinner will be held to honor Engineer G. K. Head  on his retirement.  Watch the bulletin board for the announcement of time and date.   Gary retired May 31st.  He spent over 40 years with SP , TP, and then SP a second time.  How many of you knew Gary was a TP switchman at the old East Dallas Yard near Fair Park when Ford Motor Assembly Plant  was located there.

Dan is an engineer working out of Miller - Broadway - Ney Yard.

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