Train conductor vomits and has stomach pain on duty, Chester MA


A train conductor is experiencing vomiting and stomach pain while on duty, causing concern over his ability to perform safely.
Audio|Source: CSX Railroad - Chester, Mile Post QB126
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Transcript:
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conductor has been finally throwing up on the head end here on the way down the mountain.
00:05
Just having a lot of stomach pains.
00:07
I'm not really comfortable letting them get on the ground
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for the moves here.
00:11
I don't know what we were going to do, over?
00:12
All right, let me see here.
00:14
Well, I guess first off, do you think he keeps medical attention right where you're at, over? No, no, it doesn't seem to be that kind of emergency.
00:22
It's just a matter of, you know, I don't know if he's going to be able to safely complete his moves in Palmer and in Worcester there being he's pretty brand new and, you know, physically throwing up on my head end here.
00:37
Roger, guys, I understand.
00:38
All right, well, come on down towards, come on down towards 100 here.
00:44
I'm not sure what they're going to have me do.
00:47
I know they don't want those cars really going out past Worcester, so come on down towards 100.
00:52
Let me tie to them here.
00:54
I'll see how they want to handle it over.
00:55
All right, see what they could do if they could, you know, get somebody to give us a hand in Springfield.
01:00
That's cool. There is two of us up here.
01:02
I could stick my engineer qualifier over here and I could go tie it down if we needed to, you know, emergency style, but we'll figure it out, whatever you guys need.
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Chester, MA
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