Locomotive Job

[Anonymous]

This is to any engineer, I have always found locomotives fascinating, I would like to be an engineer one day, however of course i have no experience.I do however have had experience in the merchant marine with tugboats, coastal tankers, supertankers and barges.I'm from New York and no longer work in the merchant marine. Over the years, i have grown passionate about locomotives and i know they use the same engines as tugboats and they both have the push and pull aspect in common.Can you direct me to any info concerning schools that i could enroll in? I really am interested in this awesome profession.Thank you for your time.* Just a note i have taken the test for The Mta subways.I did pass, the waiting list is so long.So that's to let you know how serious i am about trains. [:)]

[Anonymous]

majorhat1,

I'm a conductor, but I do know that there is a school or two out there that have locomotive engineer training programs. Your best bet would be to sign on with one of the Class 1's and hire out as a conductor and work your way up to engineer. The time it takes for you to get to engine school could be as soon as 2 years or maybe 5 years, it depends on your terminal and how many T&E employees are already engineer qualified. There are many, many posts already on this subject; just type in enginner, new hire, etc and you'll find all kinds of topics that we have gone over that would benefit you and your decision making process.

[Anonymous]

Thank you, i'm going to take your advice, also my apologies for not remembering conductors.I thought that only applied to Subway trains.Have a nice day.