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I started out 33 years ago with a pair of heavy grease buckets yoked to my back while I hiked on foot for miles, slopping grease on switch points as I went. I had applied as a brakie, but was turned down because they said I was too fat at 5'11" 180lbs - go figure. Now some might think such duty was pretty bad. I am now a signal engineer in a big white office building. My railroad engineering job fascinates me and I am grateful for its relative physical ease (being partially disabled), but I look back on my first railroad job with a lot of nostalgia and pride. Especially I miss the outdoors, the wind and rain in my face, the smell of creosote, and the drama of watching out for the constant parade of trains I had to stay out of the way of. Though the job may be darn tough, The worst day railroading is still better than the best day doing anything else. Except maybe being with the wife and kids. I now sometimes get to take them with me when I have a chance to go out into the field - the best of both worlds! RmC
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