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To Terry and everyone else who think they may want to give railroading a try. I strongly suggest that you try volunteering at your local railroad museum. Work your way into the operating department and learn how it's done. You'll get great training and advice. You'll learn more about real railroading from former and current employees than you can even imagine! And after getting up at 4:00 AM, driving two hours to the museum, marking up, attending the safety briefing, doing a little maintenence on the engines, cars and track, listening to the constant complaints about somebody elses screwup, or that someone ran through a switch, a locomotive won't load, someone didn't take down their blue flag, standing in the hot sun or freezing cold for ten hours.....you'll start to understand what the job is all about. And after a few butt chewings, scrapped knee caps, sprained ankles, smashed fingers, writers cramp from filling out work and maintenence reports, and the joy of shaking cinders out of your boots after walking in them all day..... If your wife doesn't let you in the house until after you've stripped your work clothes off and rinsed yourself off with the garden hose.... if you still like it, then go ahead and try to get on with the railroad. Personally, I enjoy it. In fact, I'm kind of glad I never got the full time job with the railroad as I get enough of it at the railroad museum. I've made the greatest friends and lifelong pals at the railroad museum I volunteer at. And I've learned more about railroad history, mechanic's, operations and lore than I could have ever learned reading Model Railroader or Trains magazine (sorry Kalmbach...you're the best, but this is real <grin>). Seriously, it's about as close as you can get to real railroading. And all of the museums need people. Our operating department is so good that several of our people have gotton real jobs on the UP and they're doing great. Give it a try. If you don't like it....this is the best way to find out. And you don't have to quit your day job to find out. run8john
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