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One day I want to be a locomotive engineer!

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Posted by trainboyH16-44 on Wednesday, February 4, 2009 8:37 PM

bubbajustin
I also try to complete activites on Microsoft Train Simulator to try and gain train handling experience

 

Is it bad that I chuckled at this?

Anyways, what the guys said, don't jump out of school too soon. Maybe even do a year of general courses in post-secondary to see if there's something that interests you even more.

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Posted by tree68 on Wednesday, February 4, 2009 7:11 PM

Keep your nose clean, stay in school, stay in shape (railroading is work).  Stay away from recreational chemicals.  Always know that you have something to learn, no matter how much you think you know. 

Whatever railroad you hire on with will want to teach you how [i]they[/] do it, again, no matter how much you think you know. 

 

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Posted by edblysard on Wednesday, February 4, 2009 7:09 PM

Yes, there is something you can do right now to further your career choice...

Finish High School with good grades....

No high school, no Class 1 will hire you for T&E service.

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One day I want to be a locomotive engineer!
Posted by bubbajustin on Wednesday, February 4, 2009 6:23 PM

Hi evryone! You all are probably tired of a newcomre asking so many questions and writting so many responses. I hope i'm not annoying you. Any- way I am going to ask you a question that is INCREDABLY important to me, here we go.

I am 13 and in jr. high school.  I tell evryone in my class that one day  I WILL become a locomotive engineer one way or another! And they don't dought it either! It's what i'm men't to do, I just know it! Now i'm sure you have heard this from many people but I'm serious. I understand I will have to hire on as a freight conductor or a switchman, any one is fine, I can't just start out as a engineer you know!

Also I understand the hours that train crews work. Their irregular! I of course don't know what it's like, but I will ajust to it. My great grandpah was a shop-worker at the C&EI shop's in Danville ILL. My step grandpah worked a GE 44 Tonner at Itell Pulman tn Danville as well. So it's in my blood. I also try to complete activites on Microsoft Train Simulator to try and gain train handaling experiance for now. Also I read as many book's as possible on trains and modern railroading.

So the question is their any thing I can do now that might better my chances at getting hired onwith the railroad?Confused ps. I want to work for Norfolk Southern perferably.  Any answers would be greatly appreicated. This mean's a lot to me!!!Big Smile

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