Yes Mookie , everytime I find myself standing waist deep in a showbank at a switch with frozen fingers and toes I reflect that it never really worked out .
Randy
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
Girl power. If you feel you can do the work, go for it.
Railroading can be a great profession to be part of, my parents would have agreed. It was a lifetime job for Dad and Mom worked at Frisco until she married Dad. Only reason I never worked for them is they had moved most of the office staff to Springfield, MO and I didn't want to relocate. In those days, women could only do clerical duties.
Sorry to read farther down that you didn't get the job, but keep trying.
Randy Stahl-hi from your "distant cousin" Mary Stahl in MO. Good to read your posts.
Keep trying, and keep in mind there are other railroad jobs than conductor. I applied to the UP as a bridge tender (operating a lift bridge over the Mississippi). Seemed to me it would be an interesting job.
In 1982 I asked a young brakeman with CP in Kamloops, BC why his division hadn't hired any women yet while the division to the east, the Revelstoke Division had hired quite a few by that time already. He frowned and stated.."sure wish they'd hire some here too". I can understand. Both genders with some cultural diversity thrown in make the job more fun and interesting.
Sunnyland Sorry to read farther down that you didn't get the job, but keep trying. Randy Stahl-hi from your "distant cousin" Mary Stahl in MO. Good to read your posts.
Hello to my distant Missourri cousin !!!
joesap1 and sometimes they are even more pleasant on the eye.
You never worked with me, Joe!
The opinions expressed here represent my own and not those of my employer, any other railroad, company, or person.
"NONE YET ?.......... Kind of hard to imagine..... Out here on the BNSF, I see lots of "women" conductors,and even a few engineers. It's hard work, but you can do it.
mydee001better luck next time!
I hope you can endure one more bit of advice. This is my personal belief about things we want in general.
Persist. You have a clear goal. Over time there will be other job openings. Monitor them and keep applying. And remember this quote from Winston Churchill: "Never give up. Never never never give up."
You have my best wishes for your efforts.
John WR mydee001better luck next time! I hope you can endure one more bit of advice. This is my personal belief about things we want in general. Persist. You have a clear goal. Over time there will be other job openings. Monitor them and keep applying. And remember this quote from Winston Churchill: "Never give up. Never never never give up." You have my best wishes for your efforts.
The great Sir Winston had another bit of advice on career choices: Do what you like, but LIKE what you do!
Best of luck to you!
Winston Churchill said many things worth remembering and, perhaps, repeating. One of my favorites is the following.
Nancy Astor: "If I were your wife I'd put poison in your tea."
Winston Churchill: "If I were your husband I'd drink it."
One of my favorite Churchill quotes comes from an exchange between Sir Winston and the famous playwright George Bernard Shaw. Shaw sent Churchill two tickets to the opening night of one of his plays with the note "Here's two tickets, bring a friend if you have one!"
Sir Winstons reply? "Can't make the first night. Will come to the second night if there is one!"
Firelock76 One of my favorite Churchill quotes comes from an exchange between Sir Winston and the famous playwright George Bernard Shaw. Shaw sent Churchill two tickets to the opening night of one of his plays with the note "Here's two tickets, bring a friend if you have one!" Sir Winstons reply? "Can't make the first night. Will come to the second night if there is one!"
Johnny
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