At IRM, it's the motorman's responsibility to check the compressor oil before each day of revenue operations. On most of our cars that's no big deal. On the CA&E wood cars, though, the sump plug is in under the car (they must have checked the oil over a pit on the CA&E) and motormen, including me, are naturally reluctant to crawl under the car when they're dressed in a nice clean outfit. So some may have avoided signing up to run the cars.
Have we got a deal for you! Next year, we'll schedule the wood cars to run only one day on any particular weekend, and we'll be sure to check the oil during the previous week so you don't have to! What could be nicer than that?