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Jimitimi, you wrote: "Wow! After reading all of this, I am glad I am a railfan! Kind of takes away any desire to become a real railroader....but gives me a great appreciation of the dedication and hard work you all do!!!! I have a lot of respect for you!!." I'm sorry this has soured your viewpoint on a railroad career. I am about to complete 32 years of service (next week) and would not have wanted any other kind of career. Working on RRs has not soured my interst in RRs as a hobby. Like any other profession, it's a P__ in the A__ sometimes, but you just have to learn a few basic rules and learn to live by 'em. the 12 hour hours of service rule is not really that complicated (although people occaisionally like to try to MAKE it more complicated). If you have any thoughts of a career, please continue to look into it. Once you get IN, if you don't like it, you can always get OUT and revert to being a yuppie in a skyscraper office, that is, UNLESS IT GETS INTO YOUR BLOOD. I would not want to hear from you some 20 years down the line saying: "I wish I DID , when I had the CHANCE". -- On another subject, I'd like to say that FREQUENTLY, someone who does not understand the complexity of railroad rules and Federal laws will revert to saying:"OH, THAT"S SOME SILLY UNION RULE". Railroaders who work many long and hard hours (including holidays and in inclement weather when everything else closes down) are sick and tired of hearing these silly responses. It is things like this that makes railfans not as welcome around railroad property as they were 30 or 40 years ago.
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