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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 28, 2004 5:18 PM
Yes.
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 28, 2004 3:39 PM
When we are often recrewed by Chicago Terminal utility crews, I have seen a huge vareity of people. Male, female, all different ethnicities including the dispatchers as well.
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Posted by edblysard on Friday, August 27, 2004 5:09 PM
No Asian engineers, but we do have a black, female engineer down here.
And she can run better than most of the "guys"....

Ed

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Posted by pat390 on Friday, August 27, 2004 3:57 PM
i'm sure there are
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 24, 2004 10:16 AM
Chinaman never smile[:)]
Anyway I did meet a Jamancan Conducter in Dewitt NY two weeks ago
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Posted by CShaveRR on Tuesday, August 24, 2004 9:55 AM
I guess it's just coincidence that I found this post above one titled "exotic sighting"!

Yes, they're around, and have been for longer than I have (ask Zardoz how long I've been around!). One Filipino engineer that I knew for my entire career retired a while back, and there's another Asian-american who's got quite a few whiskers, too.

We're sending a French-Chinese guy to Omaha for dispatcher training shortly.

Carl

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 24, 2004 8:40 AM
At one point we had an entire crew of asian americans working together. One was a Vietnamese American (Engineer), another a Chinese American (Conductor) and the third was a Malaysian (Brakeman) who had more seniority than either of the other two...

They are all great guys although they no longer work together as the Malaysian guy retired.

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Posted by MP57313 on Tuesday, August 24, 2004 8:16 AM
Also on Metrolink, the LA area's commuter rail service
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Posted by daveklepper on Tuesday, August 24, 2004 3:52 AM
Places I know you will find them and even meet and talk to them are the Long Island Rail Road, Metro North, and the New York City Transit Authority (Newe York's subway system) A few are even railfans.
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Ethnic Engineer????
Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 24, 2004 12:53 AM
As I am a foreigner and also a rail fan living in the US, this question just poped up in mind a few seconds ago. Is there any Asian(-American) working as a railroad engineer or conductor? Have you guys ever seen them????

Karn

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