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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by ericsp [quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by MP57313 The local paper (I live 20 miles south of L.A.) advertised jobs for UP several months back. It was for working on freight cars being switched "any hour, any day, any weather". I don't recall if it mentioned the pay. [/quote] The advertisement in Fresno says the same thing. However, I have been talking to local crews (as well as mainline crews) and the Senior MTO here. Local and yard crews do have a set schedule. I drive by UP's Fresno Yard every day on my way to work and have noticed the the locals usually leave about the same time every day. Of course other than the fact a crew cannot work for more than 12 hours, I guess it is up in the air when the local crew will return to the yard. Here locals work 6 days per week and up to 12 hours. The senior MTO said that the yard crews usually work 5 days per week with an 8 hour shift. Not bad. [/quote] DON'T YOU BELIEVE IT!!! If you hire out you won't have the luxury of picking your job. There is a reason the old guys on the local and yard jobs are retiring. It is called seniority. How do you think they got those jobs instead of being out on the road?? Seniority allows them to hold jobs with regular hours. Many old heads prefer locals as they get to keep regular work hours and sleep at home more often. You will be at the very bottom of the roster when you hire out. After your training you will be lucky to hold the extra board which means you will be called by a crew caller and assigned to any train or other T&E work anywhere in your seniority district. The caller may call you at any time of day or night 24/7 365 days a year. After some time passes and you move up the roster you may be able to hold some better jobs such as road pools or even an occasional local or yard job, but that may not happen for years. Don't plan on getting a nice RR job close to home. LC
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