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Hello Jason I am Rodney I am a conductor/breakman/switchman fir the BNSF in Galesburg IL. I hired out this year in January as for a location go for Edgmont SD. As far as what to expect the UTU conductor training course is 15 weeks that only teaches you how to use the GCOR rule book (2) Listen to the old heads that your instrucor assigns you to they have alot of knowledge about railroading (3) If you are not want your telephone ringing at all hours of the night do not do it it take a little adjustment to getting blasted out of bed getting ordered to go to work (4) Have fun but take the job seriously the men & women who have been there a while will joke with you and sometimes they will be grumpy but take it with a grain of salt (5) Be safe the bowl is an extreamly dangerous place i.e. tune your hearing up and get eyes in the back of your head along with the sides (6) study study the 280 question conductor permotion exam is hard and can take up to 6 hours to finish (7) After compleation of the 15 weeks be prepaired to work alot of extra boards and getting out on your rest after ariving at your home terminal (8) As for that area be prepaired to travel aroun the system to work there are alot of senior people there (9) Save some of your paychecks for layoff I work in Galesburg and have been lucky so far. Rodney
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