Can you make 100k a year as a railroad conductor?

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Can you make 100k a year as a railroad conductor?

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Rails Tails & Trails

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@greggucwa4543 Жыл бұрын

Conductor 10+ yrs. Couldn’t have said it any better. And believe him when he says if you want to make over $100,000 a year you are absolutely going to have no life

@ajax5467 Жыл бұрын

Could you make 75k comfortably without sacrificing too much ?

@oddjobz9858 9 ай бұрын

Learn a trade go home every night

@greggucwa4543 9 ай бұрын

@@oddjobz9858 Got over 10 years. Invested in RR retirement. One of the best still around. 401k ect. I should walk and learn a trade? Have another one buddie 👍

@greggucwa4543 9 ай бұрын

Addition: that comment I made almost a year ago was before our 24% wage increase with the union and the carrier. I’m looking at $120k -$130k this year. Sure I’ll stop and learn a trade 😉

@javonparris983 9 ай бұрын

Funny I’m less than a year in, 93k to date. 8 hour shifts, 40 hour weeks, day shifts.

@stevang4720 Жыл бұрын

BNSF aka Better Not Start a Family

@6.2Liter Жыл бұрын

This was a good one

@MRChief-uh6el Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@mom_im_losing_it Жыл бұрын

Well you signed up. We all make sacrifices for money that’s what we live for money not family friends not anything but money. Capitalism is a bitch.

@stevang4720 Жыл бұрын

@@mom_im_losing_it it was a completely different railroad when I hired on. They keep adding new policies to make us work more. I signed up not knowing anything about the attendance policy and politics embedded in the railroad, if I would've known then I'd be somewhere else. We used to make really good money....now a macdonalds manager makes just as much as we do

@mom_im_losing_it Жыл бұрын

@@stevang4720 just saying I’ve been hearing this for decades it’s no new.

@AshyAndre 11 ай бұрын

I work @ CSX as a conductor. My 1st year I made 81k (got bumped to 100% mid year). So far this year I’ve surpassed that 5k coming around on my second year. I’m not beating my feet everyday, I’m home at least 3 days (most times consecutively). More than which railroad you work for, I think your home terminal and the territory you cover, have more to do with your earning potential. Obviously that information isn’t available at hire, but once you get the feel of the different runs and assignments, you can make some money. I worked a lot of shitty runs that the old head don’t want, but they usually pay the best.

@patricksamples9743 10 ай бұрын

Facts bro

@darinsmith427 10 ай бұрын

@@BriayanRivera yes it’s still @ 100 percent pay as a new conductor after ojt and being marked up.

@simulmartin1496 5 ай бұрын

Which terminal

@BUYING_LotteryTickets 2 ай бұрын

Does CSX do hair follicle testing?

@acevlogs7 Ай бұрын

I just applied at CSX! hopefully i get the job

@TheNotoriousGAV Жыл бұрын

People that bitch about the railroad must’ve never worked anywhere else ever. Only complaint I have is having to drive to work

@Sdp40fguy Жыл бұрын

dont be rude

@Sdp40fguy Жыл бұрын

oh do you have 58 subs without videos ?

@TheNotoriousGAV Жыл бұрын

@@Sdp40fguy I wasn’t being rude. I’m being honest.

@TheNotoriousGAV Жыл бұрын

@@Sdp40fguy and who cares about subscribers? I work for a living jackwagon

@chiefs1587 Жыл бұрын

@@TheNotoriousGAVNo, you’re voicing your opinion lol.

@omgiznbeats Жыл бұрын

When I was at the cn in Chicago, training pay was almost 90,000. Most conductors easily made 110 K a year.

@nicolaskidd1507 Ай бұрын

How often do yall work? Im in the Chicagoland area

@omgiznbeats Ай бұрын

@@nicolaskidd1507 sometimes 5-6 days a week, sometimes 3-4. Just depends on how the boards are turning

@nicolaskidd1507 Ай бұрын

@@omgiznbeats hours?

@omgiznbeats Ай бұрын

@@nicolaskidd1507 some jobs 4 hrs some jobs 12, just depends. The max you can work is 12 on the railroad

@nicolaskidd1507 Ай бұрын

@@omgiznbeats thank you bro

@nmpxxx Жыл бұрын

The conductor that was training me in NS was making 100k a year as conductor

@brandonbfolks167 Жыл бұрын

Damn that’s a lot! I start trainings 1/9/2023

@jasonsmith6408 Жыл бұрын

@@brandonbfolks167I just went through my 2nd interview, went good and have medical exam this Friday.

@brandonbfolks167 Жыл бұрын

@@jasonsmith6408 I have my medical exam in McDonough at training facility next Monday.

@jasonsmith6408 Жыл бұрын

@@brandonbfolks167 hmm, wonder why mine is in Newport News, VA? I couldn't get appointment until the 6th and I have no news from them after 2nd interview. I guess if they are still paying for my appointment then I'm still ok. ..🤔

@atariustv9343 Жыл бұрын

@@brandonbfolks167 man I live in McDonough, I applied last year and no one still haven’t reached out

@donnlowe9129 2 жыл бұрын

The more you work the more you make if you want to be on the railroad most of your life you can make a good living but you will sacrifice your family life and time with your children what are you doing it and all you get i in the end Is years that flipped by like pages in a book and tired.

@Golden2.4_04 Жыл бұрын

Just started here in Wisconsin for CP still in conductor school & otj training they’re paying me $40 an hour for training. Once done with training I’m bumped up to $45 an hour. They’re saying I should be making $120k-$140k for the year

@chetansingh1289 11 ай бұрын

Hii ..can you guide me through the process..as i also have applied for conductor..though my backgroud is not technical. Can they will select me for an interview.?? What they usually check in resume..need help

@bobnewhart4318 11 ай бұрын

@@chetansingh1289I guess you'll never know

@stalkingreaper2803 7 ай бұрын

You ain’t going to make that your first year, I work for cp out of St. Paul you’ll make 110k tops your first year. Once you have a full year as a marked up conductor you can make 140-160 depending if you get a lot of WP trains.

@MikeAffholder 6 ай бұрын

Damn that's awesome

@MikeAffholder 6 ай бұрын

Seems like cp must pay the best.

@jasperbrooks2127 Жыл бұрын

Tell that to the Xtra board conductors!!! Which having no seniority means you will definitely be stuck on call for yrs! But the xtra board pays!!! What is not factored in, is the OT daily after 8hrs..No conductor jobs are 8hrs. Holidays pay double time and a half! It definitely takes a major toll on your family life and health

@RailsTailsandTrails Жыл бұрын

I know that all too well. I've been a xb conductor from day 1

@JLHIBLER Жыл бұрын

100% true. 25 years of service.

@edwardreilly4330 Жыл бұрын

worked for bnsf then went to cn, easy to get to 6 figures at cn

@oOcerealkillaOo Жыл бұрын

Yep me too. $52 an hour is what I make for CN

@jrrussell9910 Жыл бұрын

How is home time with CN ?

@dastreetdegreetv Жыл бұрын

How many days a week you work when u first started and do you work hard constantly for the 12 hours your there

@dodgerssuck6983 6 ай бұрын

@@oOcerealkillaOodoes CPKC pay more than Union Pacific?

@yunghaffblod Ай бұрын

@@dastreetdegreetv I'll answer since this video has so little views you might not get one. As a track maintainer (what most people start out as honestly until they bid for something else) If you work section and you have a certain length of track you are responsible for you can make 100k+ gross in a year. In section you might be sitting in a truck doing fuck all for 2 weeks straight and maybe the the 3rd week you are working your ass off trying to rush a job that should've been done a long time ago. I work 5 on 2 off getting weekends off and I go home every night. If not section you are working in a gang. Gangs travel all across the track through different provinces/states. The pay is wayyyy more than section but you don't go home every night and you are working constantly. Never go for a conductor job man. They get the most lay offs than any other position. You can get the job, but you are not garunteed a steady career. Go track or signal maintainer or machine operator.

@KeatonDee Ай бұрын

Always been interested in this line of work but it’s so unfortunate how low the pay is. I feel like I’m stuck in my job as an elevator mechanic as I make $120k/y and get to go home every night but I’m so sick of it! Thanks for the info.

@sethcampbell7834 Жыл бұрын

This is why passenger railroads are way better I was making $50hr at Amtrak

@ImAyBeast Жыл бұрын

How much were you making yearly after overtime

@unuesokami8736 Жыл бұрын

hey brotha I got sooo many questions for you 😅 i have just become a train conductor, that being said is there any requirements you need to become passenger railroad position??

@miamor5929 Жыл бұрын

@@unuesokami8736where are you based ?

@animebae40 Жыл бұрын

@@unuesokami8736congrats on being a conductor

@diodelvino3048 11 ай бұрын

is there any requirements to become a conductor? @@unuesokami8736

@silverskyscraper1179 2 ай бұрын

Some of those commuter rails. Conductors make 100k a lot. (especially in the Northeast)

@jimwomack1486 Жыл бұрын

A lot depends where you are and how long your run is. If you are on pool freight or extra board. Where I work our east turn is 244 miles and west is 243. Pretty easy to make a 100k on a turn and I usually get 2 days of between trips . My kid works the extra board and can easily make well above 100k but he works every day

@jeremiahjeremiah1319 7 ай бұрын

Dude above you says he made 227k last year as a 2nd year conductor at CPKC. CN rail pays more and not one conductor in my terminal made over 165k and we do runs that are 276 miles plus make $660 heldaway for any time over 15 hours in the bunkhouse. Even engineers are not making that much. Some, and I mean SOME are touching 190k

@stalkingreaper2803 7 ай бұрын

I work for CPKC and my first year marked up plus student conductor training I still made 108k my first year. Granted CP pays the most out of any class 1. Best year was last year 2023 held the road the whole year and make 227k

@traemorris394 7 ай бұрын

What area do you work out of???😯

@stalkingreaper2803 7 ай бұрын

@@traemorris394 St. Paul

@jeremiahjeremiah1319 7 ай бұрын

Yeah I'm not buying it sorry. At CN Rail we 100% make more then you guys make. Even engineers doing freight runs at 276 miles aren't making over 190k. As a conductor? I know you are 100% bullshitting. You think the rest of us are utterly stupid man? At 1.5 years experience on the railroad at that 😂😂 nice try.

@dodgerssuck6983 6 ай бұрын

What would be the next top 2 railroads that pay the most

@stalkingreaper2803 6 ай бұрын

@@dodgerssuck6983 CN, and then BNSF

@mavfriko Жыл бұрын

after 5 years you get max pay which is 39.11 in boston for passenger although will be more soon contract been in negotiations for over a year now. although you will be working 6 days a week and 10-12 hours a day you will be making easily over 100k with the OT but it is a GRIND

@reyrivera1905 Жыл бұрын

I have no family or soul 😭

@justwowmanplays2941 2 ай бұрын

Just got my acceptance email for a medical after my conductor interview with CN. Im single and have no kids. This is the perfect opportunity for me to make killer bank. I can't wait!

@Tommy06289 2 ай бұрын

pretty much if you want to be a conductor or engineer, hope you're happy with the single life

@justwowmanplays2941 2 ай бұрын

@Tommy06289 I am. Watched too many peoples relationships around me crumble amd have to pay child support or give half their savings away. Made my decision years ago that a S/O is not something I want to put up with. I can barely take care of myself and in no way can take care of a GF or wife, let alone kids 😂 completely content with that decision. Looking forward to paying my debts and saving all my money for myself! 😁

@Tommy06289 2 ай бұрын

@@justwowmanplays2941 i think that is what to expect if you want to be in the railroad, better to realize that if you want to work hard and earn good money, you will have to be single or find a woman who knows what to do when something breaks.

@boraxguy8302 4 ай бұрын

Went to diesel trade school and got trained as a conductor for a railroad company (cant saw who for obvious reasons) and started at 8.50 an hour and quickly worked my way up to 12 an hour within 5 years. Hardworking mindset accomplishments anything anywhere. Love my job and coworkers

@ShiftSouthern1110 Жыл бұрын

I made 107k my first year at NS at 80%, of all class 1s lol. Its definitely possible, even with low seniority. Just depends on the terminal. We are pretty much all long pool, no locals. 100% guys are making 140k. ENs are making 160k plus bonuses. And we dont have an attendance policy. Other terminals with NS COs are making mid 80s-90k first year, ENs are making 130 plus bonues

@RailsTailsandTrails Жыл бұрын

Yup. this video was done well before the contract raise when it wasn't possible/likely just hiring out. suppose it's time to do an update lol

@ShiftSouthern1110 Жыл бұрын

@@RailsTailsandTrails that would be great 👍

@ShiftSouthern1110 Жыл бұрын

@RailsTailsandTrails our terminal is a rare commodity of the NS system but I will say, NS was the first to give sick days, and still no near future of an attendance policy out here on the east coast.

@JamesThomas-sr2cg Жыл бұрын

Im at CSX and already at 65k and started last December. Our xboard is 4k guarantee a half

@jeremiahjeremiah1319 9 ай бұрын

Qhat are you talking about "bonuses"? There are no bonuses on the railroad. It's either paid by the mile or your hourly rate in the yard which is still calculated by freight miles

@davidpuckett3291 Жыл бұрын

Right on the money! Keep putting these videos brother keep the community aware of how these money hungry companies uses and abuses it’s employees.

@dakotacadle9737 Ай бұрын

I made 117k my first year for CSX. Just stating on the extra board mostly, actually had tons of home time, really depends on your union agreement. We work 4 days on, then 2 days off.

@mototimelapse5998 Жыл бұрын

Idk...I'm about to start and some of the guys I'm working with has made over 110k so far just this year. Being away from home for a little bit of time really isn't that bad. 6 days on plus extra guaranteed board pay. Guaranteed at least 1 day off if not 2, with badass benefits. Really not that bad.

@norwat18 8 ай бұрын

Yep really not that bad. Engineer last 10 years made over 100k last 10 years this year at over 160k.

@unitedweare2537 8 ай бұрын

I marked up as a conductor in may and I already made 92,000 and December not done yet

@Quinnemey 10 ай бұрын

Yes, you're going to pay for it. No, it isnt worth it on the current system. You need to sleep. Class 1 railroads dont allow it. You're going to live about 3 years past your retirement. Work for a short line and get a side job. Same benefits.

@patstedmanspolishpassport9264 3 ай бұрын

NS conductors in FL don't make more than 100k before taxes with seniority. After taxes it's about 70K. Most bitch about how their schedule changes every week cause a few people on top like changing jobs every week, bumping off everyone else. These are people that have been here 10 years and still don't hold seniority for a stable schedule that doesn't change every week, and all for 70k after taxes. I have had warehouse jobs where I was making 70k after taxes with a predictable schedule. Already thinking about going back to the warehouse

@dodgerssuck6983 6 ай бұрын

If CPKC Railroad pays Conductors 38-46 an hour, how much does Union Pacific pay Conductors an hour?

@dnez 3 ай бұрын

Most of my coworkers and I just learn how to make it work. Any time you start talking about making 100k plus a year in most fields you’re gonna have to makes some sacrifices. Wethers that family time, personal time or your personal vices, cough cough ( blowin trees) one thing I will say is a lot of railroaders including myself talk shit about our job, but most of them rarely leave. Not too many places you can make the type of money we make with just a high school diploma. Just my two cents.

@dizzydevil18 Ай бұрын

I work at Csx now can’t speak for everyone, but I made 90 K my first year out of conductor school

@RailsTailsandTrails 28 күн бұрын

that's a great start these days. Keep it up

@jahsonmccarter5695 Ай бұрын

I made $110 my first year at UP

@miltongarland8148 4 ай бұрын

With a class 1 railroad. My second year I'll make over 100k. I am holding a job and get 3 days off a week, but I know it's rare

@sicboy83 Ай бұрын

Can do it in the signal department too just fyi

@justinstevenson1005 Жыл бұрын

I have a question about the pay. When I applied it said $194 a day but when I just checked on my location it went up to $220 a day and the bonus money went up. Am Do I get the first amount or the second amount?

@RailsTailsandTrails Жыл бұрын

You’d have to ask whoever your contact is on that one

@justinstevenson1005 Жыл бұрын

@@RailsTailsandTrails I don’t know who to get ahold of. Different people have been emailing me mostly for my medical.

@RailsTailsandTrails Жыл бұрын

@@justinstevenson1005 i'm gathering that you haven't actually started class yet. if that's the case you will be informed of what the signing bonus and daily rate is at that time. You may find out if you get a final offer letter upon completion

@justinstevenson1005 Жыл бұрын

@@RailsTailsandTrails I don’t know if this is the same for every location they told me/read for first so many weeks is OJT then it’s onto classes

@joshhoward-tl6fw Жыл бұрын

Passenger service in the Northeast ave 100k after about 5 years at 100

@user-ll8vy7rz6v 7 ай бұрын

Wheeling & Lake Erie railway lost the decade long lawsuit & must have 2 person train CREWS on every train,An engineer & conductor must be on board, The Supreme Court ruled

@user-zf7kj8ey1h 6 ай бұрын

I don't know why people complain about it lol, I mean it's gonna take years to make that much

@Tommy06289 2 ай бұрын

just like any other job when starting out. You're not going to make $100k in your first year. Going to take time and experience

@user-zf7kj8ey1h 2 ай бұрын

@@Tommy06289 Yeah makes sense

@Larrymh07 8 күн бұрын

...and even before marking up as a fully qualified freight conductor, almost everyone will hate you.

@eastwood252 Жыл бұрын

In NY conductors make about $100k base. No blood, soul or family required.

@r0498 Жыл бұрын

That's BS..LMFAO

@eastwood252 Жыл бұрын

@@r0498 LIRR salaries are easily available via google LMFAO

@geddon436 Жыл бұрын

Did you have previous experience before conductor?

@eastwood252 Жыл бұрын

@@geddon436 negative.

@rashadsterling3447 11 ай бұрын

Which company?

@joeylesleymorris749 Жыл бұрын

Do CN conductors get a signing bonus for completing the training?

@RailsTailsandTrails Жыл бұрын

No clue you’d have to check their job postings

@r0498 Жыл бұрын

I worked at CSX in NY and never met a conductor making $100k. We had dudes who were there for 25 years and were only making $80K. You aren't making $100k unless you get lucky and your entire life is work and ONLY work.

@norwat18 8 ай бұрын

Man 80k is really low where I work at. If you make just 80k here than you're probably getting fired here or you're doing something wrong. Im at twice that for the year but I work for another class 1.

@jeremiahjeremiah1319 7 ай бұрын

Yeah at CN in Ontario, Canada we have guys that book 24 hours after every shift, use all their paid sick days and PLs and still make over 100k. That's absolute minimum here. I made 133k this year working pretty good but not as much as I could have . Another conductor made $167,000 on the spareboard. He did the best in our terminal last year

@dodgerssuck6983 6 ай бұрын

@@jeremiahjeremiah1319 would you happen to know how much Union Pacifc pays Conductors?? I think CPKC pays Conductors 38-46 an hour Want to know where Union Pacifc stands

@jeremiahjeremiah1319 6 ай бұрын

@dodgerssuck6983 idk man. When u break it dow with CN we make anywhere from 80-100/Hr based on the runs we do. Most runs are done and over with in 5 hours. Sometimes 10 hrs depending on which run. Our longest run is 224 miles atm. Then you are essentially making approx 50/hr or so

@sbpappas61 11 ай бұрын

I work at CSX in Ohio and have been marked up since January and have already made 90k with 3 months left to go in the year.

@fenceju76 6 ай бұрын

My background check came back, and I'm waiting on the phone call. Gonna be posted at cbus.

@ambitiousbeauty1013 Жыл бұрын

How many hours a week they work?

@mongo5392 Жыл бұрын

60 hours a week with claims to make it…. Barely see my wife

@seththomas9105 9 ай бұрын

New guys making 100K? Not on UP. Plus you get any FR they take guarantee from you if you're on a guarantee board. So they penalize you if you stay marked up, or lay off. Plus the post 95 guys get shafted on pay scale.

@richhuff24 3 ай бұрын

How is Indiana & Ohio rail company! They have a opening at $30 in my town for a conductor

@RailsTailsandTrails 3 ай бұрын

I don't know much about them, but $30 an hour for a small rr is not a bad way to get started at all

@joeylesleymorris749 Жыл бұрын

Hey man. I have my interview tomorrow morning (in person) What’s the best dress code to wear?

@norwat18 8 ай бұрын

Don't where speedos that might not look right.

@oddjobz9858 9 ай бұрын

The medical was FREE up until about 10 yrs ago. If you give up everything the unions should have keep that a thing.

@truth1-9 6 ай бұрын

Taxes are a killer as well

@patricksamples9743 9 ай бұрын

I just got hired at bnsf in Phoenix. Anybody can shed some light on what to expect? I used to work for UP in Houston.

@traemorris394 7 ай бұрын

Get ready for the heat wave, I know a guy that transferred out there and realized it was too hot and went back, you are about to get baptized by fire!!!🔥

@rehmanjatoi8451 5 ай бұрын

Hello brother, How much UP paying in houston for 1 year new Conductor?

@robertanderson1986 Жыл бұрын

As soon as the GPS operation comes into play. There will be very little On Board Train Crews. All the yards will become automatic. I paid the price once. Soon I will be a full time attorney, then I will pay the price again. S

@CarlosGonzalez-ki1kq Жыл бұрын

How exactly do you start this career??? What the step 1??

@RailsTailsandTrails Жыл бұрын

Find a railroad and apply for the position.

@kevinowensby3464 Жыл бұрын

I free myself as far as family!!!

@LordSandwichIII Ай бұрын

The way our country is headed soon 100k will be the poverty line

@hunterh3481 5 ай бұрын

made 120 my first year out of class

@Malikforever 3 ай бұрын

How many trips u take a week?

@ninjagaming2036 Жыл бұрын

Just got an email to move forward to be a conductor. Starting salary of 93k a year

@daveyboy_ 11 ай бұрын

Best job in the world !

@edgarlares9118 Жыл бұрын

I made 105k my first year at my job making dog food with no experience

@Society2day Ай бұрын

100k no life and have to witness someones loved one go to heven because you have to keep the train on time. Some life.

@DDane99 3 ай бұрын

New conductor here. I know, fuck me. If you work 12s and answer the phone 100k is not unheard of.

@RailsTailsandTrails 3 ай бұрын

now you can. When this video was made it was a lot harder as a new hire to make that money. That contract everyone was bitching about sure did increase that pay quite a bit

@MonkeyBadAssFist Жыл бұрын

Is that before taxes or after ?

@RailsTailsandTrails Жыл бұрын

Def before lol

@dr.finesse823 11 ай бұрын

Easily can make that and more

@DavidsIntro Жыл бұрын

Starting soon

@1INSOLENTDOBERMAN 6 ай бұрын

I passed the Union Pacific Railroad Physical Abilities Test for the Train Crew position. I recently completed my background for BNSF & medical assessment done ✅ today. What does BNSF Physical Abilities Test for Conductor Trainee consist of?

@RailsTailsandTrails 6 ай бұрын

they basically stick you in a machine and test strength and range of motion.

@justtl5885 Жыл бұрын

DON'T DO IT! 24 Yrs of lies on a class 1 as a conductor/engineer. Go into the union trades and have a life.

@zach8969 Жыл бұрын

Lol you dont get to have a life in the trades either.

@jamesdean29il 9 ай бұрын

As you say that with a home you own. Most folks work two jobs and are never home and live paycheck to paycheck. Perspective is everything.

@IMEMINE. Жыл бұрын

Sell your house You’re never gonna be home An aircraft mechanic pulls down 100K easily no sweat involved On a forty hour work week, plus vacation sick time and excellent benefits. Rail riders live better behind bars

@jamesdean29il 9 ай бұрын

Gotta have a home to sell. Most folks work two jobs at minimum wage or a decent wage but have to work overtime as well, so they ain't never home either.

@jonshaffer5793 Ай бұрын

This is bad information. I made 107k my first year and that was before the latest contract. I did work a lot but it is very possible and even likely i'd say as long as your willing to work.

@RailsTailsandTrails Ай бұрын

107k during the previous contract as a new hire was a rarity. Especially for csx, ns, and up. BN had the highest chance of that depending on the terminal. That's not bad information.

@jonshaffer5793 Ай бұрын

@@RailsTailsandTrails you said you could make between 50-75k. Now I know for sure that you’d have to be a lazy ass bum to make 50k.

@kevonb13 Ай бұрын

@RailsTailsandTrails dude. They are hiring now at 100K for new hires. That's why I applied🤦🏿

@RailsTailsandTrails Ай бұрын

@@kevonb13 lol look when the video was made bro. I'm working on an update LOL

@kevonb13 Ай бұрын

@@RailsTailsandTrails lol ok

@kobe2359 Жыл бұрын

I suck at math i can handle physical outdoor work shit will i survive

@FirstnameLastname-tp4zw 2 ай бұрын

😂😂😂❤🎉

@kaykayschuckers Жыл бұрын

Coming out of conductor school, you'll make about 28,000 to start out.

@RailsTailsandTrails Жыл бұрын

Depends who you work for. My first year I broke 70

@kaykayschuckers Жыл бұрын

@RailsTailsandTrails I can't remember what my dad or uncle made when they started out with Penn Central in 1975, just before the merger with Conrail, both retired from NS my dad in 2007 and my uncle in 2009. I know my dad had a good pension. Now I wished I asked him how much he made starting out. Too late on that one, he passed 2 years ago at 75.

@RailsTailsandTrails Жыл бұрын

@@kaykayschuckers sorry to hear that. Glad he got to have some years after retirement

@kaykayschuckers Жыл бұрын

@RailsTailsandTrails thank you. I live through him trains have been a huge part of my life, and now I do a lot of photography, especially around the Horseshoe Curve and up here in Emporium where the WNY&P run.

@jerrymccormick9019 Жыл бұрын

Just got offer letter lasr week with 71k guarantee... don't know where you got this 28k number

@jamesomahoney2181 Жыл бұрын

I've missed good times with friends because of overtime, found time for said friends funerals.. and I actually worked a double and came back to my wife's last 20 minutes on this earth... not only labor u give.. but slices of your life you will never get back.. 100k is pretty much starting salary for Amtrak ny divs... 180. Will destroy your family

@jamesdean29il 9 ай бұрын

At least you get paid good money for it and have a home. Most folks work two jobs and aren't even home either. Difference is, they never own a home and are always broke.

@craigmack5016 Жыл бұрын

Not true. We have brand new conductors that make over 100 K a year.

@RailsTailsandTrails Жыл бұрын

Look when that video was posted bud. T was before the contract

@ElPasoTXRailfanner Жыл бұрын

How Old Should I Be To Be A Engineer (Who Honks The Horn) Please Tell Me I Don't Have Bank And Work 😅

@RailsTailsandTrails Жыл бұрын

I know a lot of young engineers. The main thing I would say is having a few good years being marked up as a conductor first will go a long ways for you being an engineer

@ElPasoTXRailfanner Жыл бұрын

@@RailsTailsandTrails Thanks Brotha

@norwat18 8 ай бұрын

I'm an engineer who don't like honking the horn but is required to 😢 im still trying to locate the steering wheel 😮

@blacjackdaniels200 Жыл бұрын

Is being in your mid 40s too late to start this job?

@RailsTailsandTrails Жыл бұрын

Nah. You collect retirement at 66. Go for it

@blacjackdaniels200 Жыл бұрын

Thank You. Yeah I just passed My assessment and got called for an interview. I believe you about the giving your soul. Will I have zero work Life or is it just a ton of hours? What can you tell me about the schedule? Trust Me I’m no stranger to work I’ve been working 50-60 hours for years

@fredo5425 4 ай бұрын

@@blacjackdaniels200you signed up ?

@42fifty Жыл бұрын

Is 21 year old too young? I applied online and find this perfect to bust my ass for a while and give it my all. I find it’s all older men but will I be taken seriously should I even have hope of getting this 😂

@RailsTailsandTrails Жыл бұрын

no 21 is not too young. Literally next generation of railroader. If you want to be taken seriously, work hard, show up, and don't be a know it all idiot and you'll be fine. Act like an old head and know it all you're going to get your ass handed to you

@zhayloworld3102 11 ай бұрын

@@RailsTailsandTrailsthanks I needed some confidence

@daveyboy_ 11 ай бұрын

Are filming this inside a caboose ? I wish there were still cabooses. The conductor would chill back there

@RailsTailsandTrails 11 ай бұрын

nope that was filmed in my camper

@realcrazyeddie Жыл бұрын

That sucks

@tania-apsu46896 8 ай бұрын

🙄🤔 ¥es ¥ not

@CaptainFALKEN 5 ай бұрын

I don't have a family, debts or any sentimental posessions. I'll sell my soul to the railroad for 100k a year. Active duty 🫡 I'm the perfect clean slate for this

@fredo5425 4 ай бұрын

I Just signed up , , you got in?