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I remember meeting the railroad superintendant the first day I hired out, and he gave me advice that has gotten me through five years of railroading without much trouble. 1. You will know after the first day if railroading is for you, you either love it or hate it. 2. No one ever got fired for setting to many hand brakes 3. If you don't know, ask 4. And finally, don't get exited until you see me get exited. All of this is great advice to follow. Here's some additional advice from my own personal experience. Trust the old heads, most of them have been doing this longer than you've probably been alive. If they're making fun of you and giving you a rough time, it means they like you. This will most likely stop after someone newer than you hires out. Some classic old head pranks to watch out for are the car stretcher, in which some old conductor will tell you to grab after making a hard joint. A bucket of steam, which someone will send you to find just for a laugh. And finally, dumping the air from the locomotive while you are trying to cut a car in for the first time, just so they can make you think that the engineer is going to eat your *** alive when you get back to the loco. So what ever you decide, good luck and stay safe
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