The Directive


"A wise man gets more use from his enemies that a fool does from his friends"
~Baltasar Gracian  


There is more truth to the above statement than I would like to admit. I first off want to apologize to my loyal followers for my abrupt abandonment of my blog. It was with a great deal of personal anguish that I had to quit blogging at the request of my now former employer. If you remember back to my last post I had mentioned about how my job provided me with the opportunity to watch trains but soon the skies would darken not physically, but metaphorically speaking the storm was on the horizon and it didn't look good.  Shortly after my last blog post my new manager called me into the office and had me write down exactly what I did and once I did that, a new directive was written this included for me to stop all social media, train, ham radio, and other activities not related to work as it was a distraction to my work in his eyes.

One of the few Auto racks I was able to photograph 
So I decided it would be best to try and not stir the pot, I continued to watch and photograph trains in the morning but soon would be written up for not following his directive. Enter in this little tantrum from him and my one co-worker who wanted to see me fail and continued to tail me and tell on everything I did, I began a downward spiral and for months my camera sat in a bag in my car. I continued to watch trains and then right before Thanksgiving I almost lost my best friend ( a later blog post about this) and to and from the hospital for a little over a month put the crimp on my trains. Once that was over  and the holidays had passed, my hours at my job were cut even more so less trains and time to enjoy my hobby. The final straw came right before Christmas I was given a three day suspension for doing what I love and that is watching trains and ham radio, I had enough, I set out with a directive of my own. I applied for another job at this point I didn't even care about trains,
I just wanted to get away and to come back to a semi normal life of what I knew before this madness. The beginning of this year my new job has given me a lot more hours so I haven't made it back trackside, but that should change shortly now that we are getting into better weather and more daylight I hope you can find it in your heart to come back to my blog here as it will be an exciting summer season to come.
Thanks everyone I look forward to hearing back from you.


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