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[quote user="Ulrich"] Does anyone here do this? I spoke to a tour line operator over the weekend who stated that they're looking for volunteers for the summer. My interest in this would be to get hands on experience on a railroad...from collecting the tickets to maybe learning to fire and run the locomotive. Any pros/cons? Why shouldn't I go for it? [/quote] I worked one summer for the Boone & Scenic Valley.  Even in that short a time, I can definitely see how railroading can get into your blood.  When I was out there as a brakeman, the work obviously wasn't terribly complicated, and August in central Iowa can get a tad warm, and it didn't seem like it was all that much fun when I was working.  But after I'd get home and showered-up, I was on the phone to request when I could work again!  You may run into some hard-heads as in any job.  They had some personalities working there - especially one loudmouth who was one of the few paid employees, and who set some very bad examples with really dangerous actions on his part (he mouthed-off to me once and we had words that I thought might escalate things, but words were all he had to offer).  But in retrospect I think that gave it a more realistic flavor - you get all kinds of personalities on the big revenue railroads too.
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