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My extraboard experiences are very similar to the other RR guys. I hired out a little over a year ago now and my RR career has been a wild one already. I rode the road extraboard for the whole summer. I worked on my rest most of the summer and made very good money, but I also forgot what my wife looked like. Then in the fall I found out I was going to be remote qualified eventually, so I signed up early so I could enjoy the nice September weather outdoors from 8am to 4pm. By the time my remote training was done I decided to stay in the yard for awhile and be at home. I worked off the yard switchman's board and only worked once in two weeks!! Luckily I had some guarnantee to draw, but nothing close to what that dude on the BNSF made. I needed some cash, so I went back to road and was able to hold some freight pool jobs to Chicago for a few weeks and made some good money. Then, third shift in the yard opened up and I decided to come home. The nights were long and very cold and most of the old heads and guys above me fleed to piggy backs or locals to get away from the cold nights. I have held third shift regular for three months now and I have really learned to how to switch, granted I can only do so much with a remote. Anywho, the point is... you never know what your RR career will bring you. You will have stretches of time where you work so much you wake up in a cold sweat in your own bed thinking you fell asleep on your train. Then, there are other times where that phone won't ring for a week and you sit there wondering if you still have a job! Also, if you need time off look for open turns on pools you know you can't hold, you will get bumped and then have 48 hours to make a move; granted you loose your guarantee for those days, but at least you can catch you breath! I don't know how it works on other RR's this is how it work on my part of the CSX.
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