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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by artmark [quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by csxengineer98 a scholorship to go to a choo choo U school..where was it 7 years ago...i shelled out 5 grand out of my pocket just for the class..not to mention the money i spent on a room and food for 5 weeks... csx engineer [/quote] 5K to go to Chooch U? That's nuts. When I went to the CNW in '69 they gave you a week in class and a lantern. Then ya marked up and got harassed by guys that hired out in 1938. When I went into their locomotive engineers' school (Ingleton Tech because it was at the old Ingleton Depot on the CGW) they payed us, and the rooms and meals were free. On the Milwaukee they just showed us a film and gave us a lantern. Took us over to the caller's office and showed us where our tag would go on the board. Good thing I still had my CNW uniform. On the South Shore Line they payed us to collect tickets for the conductor for a few weeks and gave us an old uniform (good thing I still had a Milwaukee uniform.) When it came time to be promoted to engineer the South Shore gave us a day on airbrakes, a day with the road foreman and 2 cars on the east end, and then we broke in for 6 weeks on regular assignments. Then we got a bag (grip) filled with a hammer, screwdriver, a pliers, a roll of electrical tape, an airbrake rules book, a reverser and an airbrake handle. Then we just marked up. I wouldn't cough up 5K for no railroad. Mitch [/quote] Unfortunately, things have changed quite a bit since '69 on the RR. I do agree that the RR should pay to train its own employees. LC
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