How hard is it to drive a train?

[carnej1]

bubbajustin

Awwe! Darn it! Ohh I wish the stupid govt. wouldn't do things like that.

 If only it was a hundred years ago when a kid your age could get a great job sorting coal in a mine for 14 hours a day...

[GraniteRailroader]

bubbajustin

Awwe! Darn it! Ohh I wish the stupid govt. wouldn't do things like that

 

Let's put it in perspective here. 

Railroading is an inherently dangerous profession. It does not matter if you work in the shop, in transportation, or in the track department as a laborer. Railroading is not meant to be a "hobby" or something "for fun" -- excluding tourist and small operations like the Upper Hudson River Railway where volunteers and others are given the opportunity to be professional railroaders on a smaller scale.

Your schooling should be your number one priority right now. Child Labor Laws are there for a reason, and that's not only to provide structure as to what is safe and what isn't safe for children, but they also promote education in a very round about way. Preventing children from working late hours and then struggling to make it through their school day is a positive thing for today's youth. Let's also not forget that the "stupid government" is also the same government that protects your rights as an American (albeit beside the brave men and women in our Armed Forces).

Shiny locomotives may look nice, but if you polish a turd it's still a turd.

[bubbajustin]

Well, what can I say, youre right.

GraniteRailroader

bubbajustin

Awwe! Darn it! Ohh I wish the stupid govt. wouldn't do things like that

 

Let's put it in perspective here. 

Railroading is an inherently dangerous profession. It does not matter if you work in the shop, in transportation, or in the track department as a laborer. Railroading is not meant to be a "hobby" or something "for fun" -- excluding tourist and small operations like the Upper Hudson River Railway where volunteers and others are given the opportunity to be professional railroaders on a smaller scale.

Your schooling should be your number one priority right now. Child Labor Laws are there for a reason, and that's not only to provide structure as to what is safe and what isn't safe for children, but they also promote education in a very round about way. Preventing children from working late hours and then struggling to make it through their school day is a positive thing for today's youth. Let's also not forget that the "stupid government" is also the same government that protects your rights as an American (albeit beside the brave men and women in our Armed Forces).

Shiny locomotives may look nice, but if you polish a turd it's still a turd.

This may be a bit inapropriate, but the turd thing is really funny, but true.