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<blockquote data-quote="pickup" data-source="post: 1436012"><p>Nothing unusual comes to mind other than the usual: Just like the Original Poster, RetiredTxFeeder, I inbound and outbound trailers and need seals applied and seals cut. When we go to the rail yards we have one extra piece of paper work called a seal card. It contains trailer number , destination, and seal number on the back. This card is given to the rail yard personnel.</p><p></p><p>Often the seal number written on the card is illegible(guard wrote it down), and often they forget to write the prefix of the trailer ,i.e. UPSU, UMXU. This is common and instead of correcting the guards(most don't understand english) , I walk to the back and look at the seal number as well as adding the Prefix.</p><p></p><p>Sometimes the guards put the rail seal (which is a thick bolt )on the wrong door which means the other door can be opened without breaking the seal. Some rail yards have cameras that can see if a seal is on the back in the proper place. One time I had to go back to the hub and get it properly sealed. Thankfully , there was still time to get that container loaded. Now I carry an extra bolt seal(which the guards won't give to me, but they aint always in their shack when I pull up and when I check to see if the guards are in the shack and they are not , I grab a bolt seal if I need to replenish my supply) .</p><p></p><p>Once had a guard who would use the opportunity of interaction to be an evangelist. He was fired, not for proselytizing, but for not writing down correct seal numbers . Apparently this was a problem when the trailers made it to the other hubs and the problem was traced back to him. Now, sad or good to say, seal numbers are no longer even matched between seal control documents and seals, or to put it another way, the guards at the receiving end don't even look to see if the seal # on the paperwork and the seal # on the actual seal even match.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pickup, post: 1436012"] Nothing unusual comes to mind other than the usual: Just like the Original Poster, RetiredTxFeeder, I inbound and outbound trailers and need seals applied and seals cut. When we go to the rail yards we have one extra piece of paper work called a seal card. It contains trailer number , destination, and seal number on the back. This card is given to the rail yard personnel. Often the seal number written on the card is illegible(guard wrote it down), and often they forget to write the prefix of the trailer ,i.e. UPSU, UMXU. This is common and instead of correcting the guards(most don't understand english) , I walk to the back and look at the seal number as well as adding the Prefix. Sometimes the guards put the rail seal (which is a thick bolt )on the wrong door which means the other door can be opened without breaking the seal. Some rail yards have cameras that can see if a seal is on the back in the proper place. One time I had to go back to the hub and get it properly sealed. Thankfully , there was still time to get that container loaded. Now I carry an extra bolt seal(which the guards won't give to me, but they aint always in their shack when I pull up and when I check to see if the guards are in the shack and they are not , I grab a bolt seal if I need to replenish my supply) . Once had a guard who would use the opportunity of interaction to be an evangelist. He was fired, not for proselytizing, but for not writing down correct seal numbers . Apparently this was a problem when the trailers made it to the other hubs and the problem was traced back to him. Now, sad or good to say, seal numbers are no longer even matched between seal control documents and seals, or to put it another way, the guards at the receiving end don't even look to see if the seal # on the paperwork and the seal # on the actual seal even match. [/QUOTE]
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