RR Employment: What am I doing wrong?

[Anonymous]

If you're willing to shell out some of your own bucks for training, your best bet is BNSF sponsored college in Overland Park, KS. It's 6 weeks, and you get an interview with BNSF and other major RR's. It worked for me and lots of other guys I know who are now working. You should be able to find a link on BNSF website.

[Anonymous]

If you're willing to shell out some of your own bucks for training, your best bet is BNSF sponsored college in Overland Park, KS. It's 6 weeks, and you get an interview with BNSF and other major RR's. It worked for me and lots of other guys I know who are now working. You should be able to find a link on BNSF website.

[csxengineer98]

i dont know why anyone would want to hire onto a rail road right now.... the carriers are starting to play hardball with the crews on many many issues....attdance... safty.... just getting a valid penitlaly claim payed.... not to mention hiring on this late in the game with some carriers will keep you as summer help for the next 30 years...
the money is ok..but if you want to have a life outside of work...good luck.... forget going to a ball game...forget just hanningout on a saterday afternoon drinking a beer in your back yard..... that phone can and will ring.... its like the rail roads have your house wired..and your phone taped...hell i think they even put some kind of electroic device at the bace of your brain stem to tell someone at crew dispatch to call you..just when you "think" about making plans.....
as far as being an engineer.... its no beter.... only real pluse is we get to stay on the engin when its pooring down rain..or cold as hell outside.... but the tradeoff with being dry and warm is....the responsibily of getting the train over the road safe and sound... one wrong action could wipe out a town... ..
so what im saying is.....
give me 300,000 dollors..and pay my health insurance for 4 years....and anyone can have my job..with my senority...lol
csx engineer

[csxengineer98]

i dont know why anyone would want to hire onto a rail road right now.... the carriers are starting to play hardball with the crews on many many issues....attdance... safty.... just getting a valid penitlaly claim payed.... not to mention hiring on this late in the game with some carriers will keep you as summer help for the next 30 years...
the money is ok..but if you want to have a life outside of work...good luck.... forget going to a ball game...forget just hanningout on a saterday afternoon drinking a beer in your back yard..... that phone can and will ring.... its like the rail roads have your house wired..and your phone taped...hell i think they even put some kind of electroic device at the bace of your brain stem to tell someone at crew dispatch to call you..just when you "think" about making plans.....
as far as being an engineer.... its no beter.... only real pluse is we get to stay on the engin when its pooring down rain..or cold as hell outside.... but the tradeoff with being dry and warm is....the responsibily of getting the train over the road safe and sound... one wrong action could wipe out a town... ..
so what im saying is.....
give me 300,000 dollors..and pay my health insurance for 4 years....and anyone can have my job..with my senority...lol
csx engineer

[Anonymous]

CSX,

I know what you mean about the company coming down hard. Four day weekends now??? Come on! Our manpower problem is so critical that we never have enough people to run trains, and now they want to fire us over minor stuff???? We are so short on engineers, that there are often 3 to 5 dead trains sitting unmanned in or near our terminal. The company will probably respond by sending all the engineers charge letters for taking a weekend day off and be given time off when the RR needs them most. The only reason I'm not out on my rest right now is because there are no engineers available to run trains, THANKS GUYS!!!! [bow] At least I can go out with my wife and have a nice dinner instead of rushing out the door with four hours sleep.

What I don't understand is that the RR's are so short on manpower right now, that you'd think the labor unions would have more bargaining power because we are needed so bad! Yet, the transportation employees continue to get hit over the head with charge letters, time off ,etc for BS. Maybe an old head can explain this to me??

Nathan

[Anonymous]

CSX,

I know what you mean about the company coming down hard. Four day weekends now??? Come on! Our manpower problem is so critical that we never have enough people to run trains, and now they want to fire us over minor stuff???? We are so short on engineers, that there are often 3 to 5 dead trains sitting unmanned in or near our terminal. The company will probably respond by sending all the engineers charge letters for taking a weekend day off and be given time off when the RR needs them most. The only reason I'm not out on my rest right now is because there are no engineers available to run trains, THANKS GUYS!!!! [bow] At least I can go out with my wife and have a nice dinner instead of rushing out the door with four hours sleep.

What I don't understand is that the RR's are so short on manpower right now, that you'd think the labor unions would have more bargaining power because we are needed so bad! Yet, the transportation employees continue to get hit over the head with charge letters, time off ,etc for BS. Maybe an old head can explain this to me??

Nathan