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[quote user="Limitedclear"] [quote user="Datafever"]Is there really that much of a shortage of people willing to be engineers? [/quote] Most of the new hires want to be engineers eventually in my experience. Also, some guys who are traimen for a while and don't care for being on the ground in the weather gravitate towards engine service eventually. What holds people back is often that they gain some seniority as trainmen and the quality of life and paycheck that goes with holding a regular assignment and they understandably don't want to give that up to take a pay cut as an Engineer Trainee and upon promotion probably go to the bottom of the Engineer's extra board or worse, be bumped back to right where they were, working in train service until engineer openings (which have shrunk with the advent of RCL) become available in their terminal or district. LC [/quote] If they gave me a oppertunity to promote to engineer I guess I would go but you hit the nail on the head with workers and thier accustomed life style. If I drove a steam locomotive a short distance under reasonable control I would feel very happy. However considering the challenges facing those who might be operating a engine over the road or in the yard not everyone can or should do it. I consider myself one of those people who should stick to running model trains and out of the cab of the real thing. Cheers.
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