[sooliner]

in 2009,For the first time in decades, the CP-Soo furloughed massive amount of employees since the early 1980's. The good new is, the majority of the employees are now returning to work in prep for the HOS. A lot of jobs in Minneapolis/ St. Paul have been add to yard trains (Change off jobs, crews change hands) so yard crews can yard road trains, so road crew don't work up to the nuts, and wind up with limbo time. We also have "daily mark", which yard guys will work the afternoons, etc... and make a bed room turn for days the following day. This will not be allowed com the 16Th of July. It looks like the CP is preparing for the new laws early.