DennisInGeorgia
Train Attendant
Last Month on the Crescent southbound, the very nice conductor stopped by our bedroom for a chat. Before he left, my scanner "barked" -and so did the conductor's radio. He looked at mine, smiled and said "Oh - so you're going to _____ on us, eh?".
Then he chuckled and walked on down the corridor. It was a funny moment and a very funny slang term for 'monitoring with a scanner'. Is anyone familiar enough with Amtrak train crew vocabulary to tell me what the word likely was? That may come in handy sometime. My scanner came in very handy on several occasions as we traveled ATL-WAS-CHI-PDX-LAX. It was no accident that we were in the Sightseer car when an unruly college kid got to meet (and be escorted off by)the local police. That was fun - but not for her :blink:
Then he chuckled and walked on down the corridor. It was a funny moment and a very funny slang term for 'monitoring with a scanner'. Is anyone familiar enough with Amtrak train crew vocabulary to tell me what the word likely was? That may come in handy sometime. My scanner came in very handy on several occasions as we traveled ATL-WAS-CHI-PDX-LAX. It was no accident that we were in the Sightseer car when an unruly college kid got to meet (and be escorted off by)the local police. That was fun - but not for her :blink: