For you Railroaders

[clash]

I'm a loco. electrician for the U.P. in North Platte.
Been there 14 years. Started as a loborer and took an apprenticeship.
I'm happy with the job because every day is something different and trains and locomotives have always been my main interest.
We all joke that we are just one big disfunctional family! We laugh but it's true.

[csxengineer98]

QUOTE: Originally posted by BNSFrailfan

QUOTE: Originally posted by csxengineer98

csx...engineer and conductor... do i like it..yes an no... some days are better then others...
csx engineer

Ya you like your job. You just like looking at the good looking Woman out there[;)].

dont see to many good looking women on a midnight yard job..lol...
csx engineer

[Anonymous]

I was a Fireman/ Hostler in LA , a long time ago for ATSF. At times I'm sorry I didn't stay.

[wabash1]

engineer for the NS. yea i like it most times... the hours in the siding can get to a person

[Anonymous]

Worked for CSX (conductor), Iowa Interstate(conductor), R J Corman Shortlines(engineer), and now moving on to what I believe will be the best of them all (and my final railroad job resting place) the new commuter railroad in Nashville, Tn.(engineer and conductor). Yep, I like it.....but it takes alot of getting used to. The on call thing just got to demanding with trying to juggle it and my family

[Anonymous]

I work for UP. I am a jack of all trades and master of none on the mechanical shop side. I hostle, sand, fuel, clean, supply, etc., etc., the engines. It has good days and bad days depending upon which job I am doing that day.

A bad day is trying to hook up all the hoses between 2 locos, facing each other and both having a snow plow, in the cold rain. Then having to be the ground person for the brake check. [:(] My favorite loco is a tunnel motor, but just not the rear steps of one. [;)] If you work with them you know why.

[CShaveRR]

Yeah--some guys have all the luck!

[mikeyuhas]

QUOTE: Originally posted by BNSFrailfan

QUOTE: Originally posted by csxengineer98

csx...engineer and conductor... do i like it..yes an no... some days are better then others...
csx engineer

Ya you like your job. You just like looking at the good looking Woman out there[;)].

There's only one?

[Anonymous]

2 Years 4 months for CSX. Started as Conductor for 1 1/2 years and now I am a dispatcher. The on call lifestyle was something that I never get used to, but the money I earned sure made it worth it. As a dispatcher I still work all different shifts from the extraboard, but I only work 8 hours a day at a desk with air conditioning and I get to sleep in my own bed every day/night.

[zardoz]

20 years as engineer for the CNW; left before it became the UP; it was the coolest job I ever had, but I couldn't handle the on-call day after day, year after year.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by csxengineer98

csx...engineer and conductor... do i like it..yes an no... some days are better then others...
csx engineer

Ya you like your job. You just like looking at the good looking Woman out there[;)].

[youngengineer]

bnsf engineer, conductor for 1 1/2 years engineer for 1 year, love my job, this is all I have ever wanted to do, sometimes that call at 3 in the morning sucks when you stayed up late but I really enjoy my job.

I volunteered at the cumbres and toltec scenic in chama new mexico on my summers in high school and college as a machinist, would love to go back and work for a steam road, but I fear the pay is not there, nor are they close to were I live.

[CShaveRR]

I've got 35 years in with CNW, and now UP. They are paying me to pursue my hobby! Some days are a lot better than others--dealing with the people you have to work with can be a real pain in the posterior (and I'm sure that's said fairly often about me, too).

My job is like Ed's, except that I work from a tower, and try not to bang the cars together too hard!

I've been on vacation for a while--ask me again how I like it after I get back later this week!

[rrandb]

BSR. A GP9-something. No one is really sure anymore. It usually starts. There is no backup. Hauls one wooden coach out and back 1.2 miles. The last .7 is out of service for maintence. Big weekend we add a cabose. Really big weekend we add the gondola with bench seats but now the train lenght shortens the trip. We have a conection with KCS but they only bring us more stuff they do not want. No pay, in fact somedays you pay (she forgot the petty ca***o buy the ice cream) for the after church IC Special. Ya gotta love it to do it! More museum than railroad but sure beats watching NASCAR on sundays. I forgot we are restricted to 3 MPH. Try that all day and since it is passenger you can not let slack run in or out. It's an art.[swg] He [:-^] "I been workin on the .........

[CMSTPP]

QUOTE: Originally posted by coborn35

I work for the North Shore Scenic Railroad.
As soon as I turn 18 I will be conductoring and firemanning (volunteer), I couldve gotten it this year (I passed my GCOR and USOR tests) but I am not old enough.
On the NSSR right now, I narrate. But when I volunteer I get to work with tons of equipment, and even though im volunteering, they pay me too much. (if you catch my drift)
www.northshorescenicrailroad.org

Same here accept I am able to work on the trains as a student Fireman. Hey it's a start, so ya.
Next year I could possibly even student engineer.[^]

James

[jrw249]

Volunteer as a Engineer and Brakeman for the Tioga Central Railroad. Yes I like it but I get to pick my work days and hours. I'm not sure I would like it if I worked for a railroad doing it everyday with them picking my work days and hours.

[coborn35]

I work for the North Shore Scenic Railroad.
As soon as I turn 18 I will be conductoring and firemanning (volunteer), I couldve gotten it this year (I passed my GCOR and USOR tests) but I am not old enough.
On the NSSR right now, I narrate. But when I volunteer I get to work with tons of equipment, and even though im volunteering, they pay me too much. (if you catch my drift)
www.northshorescenicrailroad.org

[edblysard]

Work for the PTRA, Port Terminal Railroad Association, in Houston Texas.
Every day is an adventure, every coffee break a banquet, on the PTRA!

Pay is pretty good, and they let me bang cars into each other, on purpose!

Ed

[csxengineer98]

csx...engineer and conductor... do i like it..yes an no... some days are better then others...
csx engineer

[tree68]

I volunteer for the Adirondack Scenic. Just getting started, but the fact that I'm volunteering kind of leans toward I like it, so far.

[Rodney Beck]

I work for BNSF as a engineer yes I like it good money and do not have to as hard for it, I used to work at a steel mill in the melt shop and hated everyday I was their.

Rodney

[Rodney Beck]

I worl for BNSF

[Anonymous]

I know some of you do, but I was wondering how many of guys (and gals) work for railroads and which railroad you work for. Oh, one more question, do you like it?