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Well I started on Monday for my Conductor training. I walked into the door and immediately felt a sense of being someone, doing something most people only dream of. From the beginning the instructors really made you feel like you're part of a special group. The amount of information they throw at you is astounding. Now, I know i'm still a fnoogie and don't know crap, but i feel really amazed at what i know now versus what I knew on Monday. Back to the feeling good...You really do feel like you're part of something special. Those who work in RR know what I'm talking about. We learned to change a knuckle. Seemed fairly easy to me and most in my group. We also coupled cars and learned how to kick them as well. That was only the last 2 days we have been in the yard for hours at a time. Most of the rest of our time was spent in the classroom. Boy i sure know that GCOR now..lol. It was funny as we were on one of our breaks we were outside drinking coffee and smoking. The trainmaster said "You guys really look like railroaders now. I thought that was funny even though I know they are the enemy..lol. It was quite comical in the yard with everybody as we kicked and coupled cars. So many of us got our signals mixed up. The hoghead was just laughing. She said it was fun though. She knew that we were new so would get confused a bit. I also used a grab sign that i wasn't supposed to use until we got the basics down. I just thought I could since the instructor did..hehe. Guess not. We also learned to get off and on moving cars. Even though you can't actually do that they want you to know as it may save your life someday. All in all i am very pleased with the week. My brain is just spinning with all this information they are giving us. I think I'm gonna like this!! [:)]
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