Originally Posted By dresswhites do the leads of the railroad mostly stay at the main street station? i would assume they do, as it kind of homebase. but do they sometimes get to take their turn on riding the train around the park? when closing does the lead stay to close up the main street station, or do they assist with taking the train to the roundhouse?
Originally Posted By smd4 I can check an SOP when I get home, dresswhites. But the SOP only deals with the Conductors, who are responsible for opening and closing the stations. The roundhous lead, however, basically stays in the roundhouse all day. He supervises the engine crews and roundhouse workers. Since the roundhouse lead is an "Operating Engineer," and different from the regular engine crews (who aren't involved in the maintenance of the trains), he may occasionally be called upon to run a train in order to diagnose any problems the reguar crew may report.
Originally Posted By smd4 The conductor leads do get to ride the train--all the conductors rotate positions. From October 1992 SOP: The Working Lead at Main Street Station at night closes the station. This includes securing the tunstile, noting any defects like burned out lights or faulty spiels, completing the Daily Operation Report, locking all doors and windows, turning off the taped arrival spiel, heaters, fans, lights, etc. and walking to the security office to turn in the attraction keys and Working Lead radio. The two conductors on the final train get a ride back to the roundhuose. They align the switches, and back the train in. The main switch off the main line is left in the open position (leading to the roundhouse).
Originally Posted By smd4 Behind Tomorrowland, a few feet from the Small World showbuilding. Look back and to the left (JFK, anyone?) when you cross under the monorail beams just past IASW.
Originally Posted By Disneydanny when I've ridden the train I've noticed on the section between Tommorowland and Main Street you can faintly hear the audio broadcasting on your speakers to the other cars before the track starts in your own car. does that qulify under the faulty spiel category?
Originally Posted By -PLP- The spiel on the train is timed for each individual car as it enters into a new audio zone. So when you hear another car's audio before your's it is only because that car has entered the next zone already....
Originally Posted By smd4 I think by "faulty," the SOP means specifically the "YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE..." spiel at the station. As in, if it doesn't play, or plays at the inappropriate time. (The SOP section I described was about closing Main Streett Station, as dresswhites asked about). When a train is brought in, the SOP instructs the conductors to perform a visual inspection of the train, and report any details, including broken glass and even chipped paint. As I mentioned, the SOP is from 1992, and is probably 200 pages long, bound. The most current SOP I have is maybe five pages long, stapled in the corner. Clearly, things have probably changed in the way the conductors operate.
