I’m considering on becoming a locomotive engineer for Amtrak after I graduate from college
@mimsnshine2 жыл бұрын
Follow your dream..I wish I was 50 years younger. .I would have they are beautiful machines..can imagine operating one...it's probably an experience of a lifetime
@king_tony2152 жыл бұрын
Why would you go to college just to be a engineer go to college and become management
@CentralMassRailfan2 жыл бұрын
same
@thebfam61912 жыл бұрын
You need to go to college to operate a train????
@CNJ_Noah2 жыл бұрын
@@thebfam6191 Higher chance of earning the job, its also a “preferred requirement”
@scootamayne6102 жыл бұрын
This is literally my dream job
@straightto83 жыл бұрын
Went through this program in 2003, was 7 weeks classroom, then you went back to your respective crew base and begin your OJT training, your student license is good for 24 months, depending on territory and amount of trains, it may very well take over a year or more to attain required hours needed to become fully qualified and mark up. Took me 9 months in all, from January to September of 03’ until I got my class 1 license, then still lots to it, they just don’t throw you to the wolves. I thought though this save training could be done on the west coast instead of paying for lodging for each trainee, but Amtrak has their reasons.
@wherespie4283 жыл бұрын
Could you tell me more about Amtrak? I'm interested in becoming an engineer one day, but im currently too young.
@straightto83 жыл бұрын
@@wherespie428 Ask away! Also note, while I don’t work for them any longer, I’ll try my best to answer your questions.
@wherespie4283 жыл бұрын
@@straightto8 how did you know when you were approaching a station?
@straightto83 жыл бұрын
@@wherespie428 It is all about knowing the physical characteristics of the route one works, knowing it in day, night, adverse weather conditions. They key is having land marks, and have air spots, like a particular tree, or some structure, etc. It rages time, the route I was hired to work in, took me 6.5 months to learn the route, and get fully qualified, some routes take longer, there is a set number of hours you are required to have physically running and observing in cab.
@wherespie4283 жыл бұрын
@@straightto8 Thats interesting. Is there a high and low horn?
@richardprocter49052 жыл бұрын
The best job in the World if you spend your time watching videos like this.
@anthonywindfield84396 жыл бұрын
Listening to this guy talk. I've applied for over 30 yrs and never got a call or return email. Driving a truck 7-1000 miles a day, I think I can handle it
@j3pop1916 жыл бұрын
Anthony Windfield that’s because your black that’s how Amtrak plays you have a better chance driving freight train 🚂. My cousin went through same thing and now works freight train company.
@anthonywindfield84396 жыл бұрын
j3pop never thought that I've met maybe a hand full. But didn't think many blacks enjoyed trains
@jacob88046 жыл бұрын
j3pop That is not true, I’ve seen many African Americans driving Amtrak trains.
@tibbers37556 жыл бұрын
I live less than 300 yards from the Northeast Corridor. Almost all of the engineers ive seen on Amtrak trains, from NE Regionals to Acelas, were black.
@devonmartinski65965 жыл бұрын
Anthony Windfield there is a lot more to operating a locomotive than a tractor trailer. Plus you’re too old.
@BrawnyBuddha6 жыл бұрын
Just applied. Hope I get the job!!
@acelakid945 жыл бұрын
Dam Son Hear anything from them?
@BrawnyBuddha5 жыл бұрын
acelakid94 Unfortunately, not. 😔 still holdin out, though.
@alvin87375 жыл бұрын
@@BrawnyBuddha Good luck :)
@brandonmcginnis46105 жыл бұрын
Best of luck you'll have work your way up to Locomotive Engineer.
@HouseDancerNyC5 жыл бұрын
Are you currently an engineer for a different railroad? If not then apply for a different position. And then after that try your luck again.
@Salmagundiii6 жыл бұрын
Strange coincidence with the posting date. They must have been working on this segment just before the Amtrak 188 accident.
@michaelc91282 жыл бұрын
Or the Amtrak 501 accident. Train was going to fast for a curve and derail above a freeway in Washington state
@midlifetravelers61512 жыл бұрын
Much respect.
@guod51652 жыл бұрын
This is a 40$+ an hour job btw for anyone wondering
@jkdjose Жыл бұрын
Not worth it, considering all the federal paperwork you sign AND can be held personally liable for.
@RailBet10 ай бұрын
What is the requirements to be Amtrak Locomotive Engineer? because I’m thinking about becoming one after high school
@jordanfgfox72373 ай бұрын
You need to work for your local metro for acuple of years or state railway you don't need a cdl license the last time I checked
@truckerownerops Жыл бұрын
What a cool career that is.
@edgizinski5528 Жыл бұрын
At 50 years old and a retired cop I don't think Amtrak would want me. But I've always wanted to be a Engineer and I'm used to long hours at work and getting called in without notice.
@fartholemechanic9252 Жыл бұрын
Go for it, don't doubt yourself
@edgizinski5528 Жыл бұрын
@@fartholemechanic9252 Thank you Brother
@thomyg425 Жыл бұрын
think you have best chance ever…i doing the same with 50 years and like it absolutely.
@seekunderstanding42803 ай бұрын
Let Amtrak tell you you're not qualified, not your head.
@edgizinski55283 ай бұрын
@seekunderstanding4280 Thanks Brother I hear you on that
@tenvelli6 жыл бұрын
Nice graphics
@Mati12ful6 жыл бұрын
How the train engineer know witch station he have to stop for pick up people or got them out of train?
@tibbers37556 жыл бұрын
Probably communications from dispatcher or route knowledge. The conductors signal to the operator if they are ready to go.
@rattacular125 жыл бұрын
Good question. Head on over to Amtrak and look up timetables for specific regions. Any station that is on the timetable is a stop for the train as long as it shows on the timetable. Train 5 stops Naperville, Princeton, Galesburg , Burlington, Mt Pleasant and Ottumwa where the crew change point is. On the way back, 6 can by pass Galesburg, Princeton and Naperville as those are drop off stations only. If no one is on that wants to get off, you just keep going. The dispatcher has no clue what we are doing passenger wise unless we advise them.
@tommytruth75955 жыл бұрын
All stops to pick up or discharge passengers are scheduled in the timetable.
@chrisbaptiste14927 жыл бұрын
im 20... future engineer?
@s0nnyburnett6 жыл бұрын
Bringing a drinking bird to the simulator is an automatic disqualification.
@Cessna-er4je3 жыл бұрын
I wonder 'WHYY' it's so important *wheeze*
@demerrillspencer38605 жыл бұрын
Wow I wish I could
@jamesmartinez12463 жыл бұрын
So how do I get a job as a train engineer Steve I'm very interested in becoming an Amtrak train engineer it has been a dream of mine to be a train engineer how do I turn my dream into a dream job reality and have a job that I'm proud of and a job that I want to go to every day because of the opportunity and the adventure and I understand that the risks of hitting a vehicle are always going to be there but I'm going to deal with that I'm willing to deal with whatever I got to deal with it and take it by the horns and say you know what I got this.
@mariuswilliams15273 жыл бұрын
Hey do know if it's too late but create a profile on Amtrak career website and you will get notifications.
@UteFaithful8 жыл бұрын
Would it be possible to become an engineer at around age 50?
@FlyingEagleTV7 жыл бұрын
yes
@rorybray74876 жыл бұрын
Where can I get more information?
@Chris_the_Balance3 жыл бұрын
Yes, I work for Amtrak and iv seen engineers in the 60s that’s started
@wherespie4283 жыл бұрын
Even train sim world has better graphics
@smurfno1uno7 жыл бұрын
I hope to see you soon I have applied to three job announcements
@user-vi9kd5re2x6 жыл бұрын
It would actually be great IF we allowed Japan to build and run our rail system in the USA. We could have Shinkansesns High Speed Rail, NOT that is worthless one train per day Amtrak.
@CJbrinkman6026 жыл бұрын
gunsliniger titan texas is doing that
@s0nnyburnett6 жыл бұрын
You'd have to start all over again from scratch. The japanese had a chance to rebuild a whole new system from the rubble. A unique opportunity we never had. You'd have to design a whole new network within and around the current northeast corridor, interstate and freight networks and spend the rest of your life fighting off eminent domain pushback from all the land you'd have to grab to do it.
@rattacular125 жыл бұрын
Goddamn hilarious!!
@curtismartin6841 Жыл бұрын
How do you apply for the school and become an engineer for Amtrak. Can anyone recommend or hep me ?
@R_A_3000 Жыл бұрын
Apply first to be a conductor if you have no railroad experience. Then after a couples years just apply for an engineer position within the company. Or go become an engineer at a different railroad company. Then apply to Amtrak. Amtrak is known for poaching employees who are already certified from other railroad companies.
@bonan9606236 жыл бұрын
Eleven weeks?? Here it's 60...
@TheTallMan506 жыл бұрын
Björn Lillpers Where is "here"?
@radioplane8136 жыл бұрын
Sweden.
@s0nnyburnett6 жыл бұрын
What in gods name are you talking about. Sweden builds their own stock, and Amtrak isn't using heritage rolling stock for regular revenue service, they just introduced the brand new ACS-64 which replaced the swedish design based AEM-7. What do you even mean by 70's-80's type trains?
@leonardoandrade41302 жыл бұрын
What age i need to be a train engineer?
@FFred-us9tw2 жыл бұрын
Technically 18. But you won't be hired off the street at 18 to be an Engineer at Amtrak.
@anitamoncur53793 жыл бұрын
I Love You Amtrak Acela Express Trains And I Wish I Could Be A Engineer To
@HouseDancerNyC3 жыл бұрын
Just get into the company!!! It takes time but you can work your way up.
@anitamoncur53793 жыл бұрын
@@HouseDancerNyC Yes And I Want To Be With The Amtrak Acela Express Trains And I Am Really In Love With The Amtrak Acela Express
@NortheastCorridorFilms3 жыл бұрын
@@HouseDancerNyC this kid is annoying He goes on every acela video and says how much hes in live with it
@brandonholloman6835 Жыл бұрын
Do they work everyday???
@R_A_3000 Жыл бұрын
It's usually 6 days a week when your on the extra list ( AKA on-call).
@ramonsandoval30616 жыл бұрын
MSTS?
@Thunder_Dome454 жыл бұрын
That simulator is cool. I run freight on Run8 simulator so, I pretty much know what I'm doin'. Just give me the keys and show me my train and route stops. I'm good. Also with me it won't just be a ride to work, it'll be like a roller coaster. Show up to work wide awake, no coffee needed.
@faa141210 ай бұрын
Bruh, wtf 🤣🤣🤣
@kidsstudynow69012 жыл бұрын
How much does train drivers make
@FFred-us9tw2 жыл бұрын
Depends on the railroad. Amtrak Engineers make around 100 K for a base salary at 40 hours a week.
@lackodhr.5303 Жыл бұрын
🤗👍👍👍
@thedona.r.kbnoah73342 жыл бұрын
I know how to drive Amtrak thanks to Train sim World 2 simulator
@king_tony2152 жыл бұрын
Not the same
@thedona.r.kbnoah73342 жыл бұрын
@@king_tony215 what do u mean? ☹ I can't be a train jacker.
@king_tony2152 жыл бұрын
I don't know what a train jacker is but the sim that your talking about has a very watered down version of the trains
@Railoffroader22 жыл бұрын
Not the same.
@IndigosClothing3 жыл бұрын
Do I need college
@NortheastCorridorFilms3 жыл бұрын
No, but it’s recommended.
@IndigosClothing3 жыл бұрын
@@NortheastCorridorFilms why
@NortheastCorridorFilms3 жыл бұрын
@@IndigosClothing Railroads will find you more responsible and more smarter if you went to college. It’s just a better chance that you will get in if you went to college. But it’s not a requirement
@IndigosClothing3 жыл бұрын
@@NortheastCorridorFilms ahh okay
@FFred-us9tw2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely not. Just show you have a decent work history and can hold down a job. Having a college degree doesn't make you smarter or more desirable as an Engineer candidate then someone who hasn't gone. They simply want people with a good work ethic.
@jamesmartinez12463 жыл бұрын
I have the ability to retain information for instance I can retain the information that might seem irrelevant but that is a relevant skill mean that means that I have the ability to retain relevant information that would suit me if anybody knows how I can get into this job position and get the training necessary please give me an email let me know how I can get the information required to become a train engineer for Amtrak and get to your training facility as quickly as possible I'm ready to go and I've got to get there I want to know how I get there and what I got to do Steve just tell it to me for real because I really want this job and I will do whatever is necessary and if I have to start as someone who cleans locomotives or cleans the train I'll start at the Bottom Rung until it's time for me to move up and I can retain information very well
@pandafish86215 жыл бұрын
Lol I play train sim world so I think I’m good
@textiles95624 жыл бұрын
Panda Fish -_-
@wherespie4282 жыл бұрын
Same
@Railoffroader22 жыл бұрын
Not the same.
@ChrisDotBih2 ай бұрын
@@Railoffroader2you literally train on a simulator in Wilmington
@jamesmartinez12463 жыл бұрын
My ability to retain information is the storage capacity of the enterprise-d computer storage that is how I retain information if anybody has information on how I can get the process of applying for a train engineer job at Amtrak please send me an email or reply as soon as I can whether it's from the nice man Steve or whether it's from someone who was an engineer directly please respond with positive information and information on how to get started in the application and interview process and what is expected of me aside from being drug-free and alcohol-free and being the best I could possibly be
@derickjohnson64046 жыл бұрын
💃👍
@Carlosrosario-mt1gd6 жыл бұрын
Where is this located
@FFred-us9tw3 жыл бұрын
Wilmington Delaware
@Manuqtix.Manuqtix3 жыл бұрын
you don't need to go to school to become a train operator
@anthonywindfield84393 жыл бұрын
I've heard this o plenty. Just getting in when you're seemingly not qualified
@FFred-us9tw2 жыл бұрын
Yes you do. It’s a federal requirement that any railroad issuing licenses must have a locomotive engineer training program. Amtrak’s program is the longest and most advanced in the US. 13 weeks of classroom and then as long as 2 years OJT
@eMMjunaYschion6 жыл бұрын
It takes just 11 weeks? Seriously? It took me 1.5 years to become a train driver. It seems that driving a train in america is no challenge at all and can be done by anybody.
@jonnyfish766 жыл бұрын
The program i'm in is over two years (in America). It seems that you're wrong.
@jonnyfish766 жыл бұрын
We call them locomotive engineers around here....And you don't "drive" a train, you OPERATE a train.
@eMMjunaYschion6 жыл бұрын
Well, 11 weeks is what they've said in the video. I know that becoming a tramway "operator" takes just 8-10 weeks, so it didn't sound completely wrong to me, although 11 weeks is nothing. As I said, it took me 1.5 years to become a train driver (sorry bud, it's what I am and what we call it on this side of the pond), I am trained on half the country (route knowledge) and 6 completely different train types. You couldn't learn this knowlege in less than a year, never.
@jonnyfish766 жыл бұрын
As stated within the first 25 seconds of the video: "The Engineer training program basically has two phases, phase ONE is the classroom portion and is approximately 11 weeks". Looks like they caught you sleeping. The program that i'm in is almost two years total for the hiring/testing process, and it only covers HALF of a state (NY). They hire people and test them rigorously on their attention to detail (you would have just failed, bud). 1.5 years for half a country? Sounds like they'll let anyone operate a train over there!
@eMMjunaYschion6 жыл бұрын
I did not re-watch the whole video after your comment, but even if, the theory part took us 11 *months*. We were not allowed to operate a train before that. The remaining approx. 7 months is driving, shunting, doing the job on the rails before getting tested and approved to drive by yourself. I live in Switzerland, our whole country is 3.5x smaller than just the State of NY alone, but we definitely have more than 3.5x as much railroad lines. What brings inequality into the whole thing is the fact that I work for one of the most frequently used and most respected railways in the world. Maybe you've heard of us, maybe not, it's not that we're really known in the US, but whoever you ask in Europe what the best railroad company is, you'll hear our name a lot. Take a look: www.sbb.ch Sorry buddy, you've tried to bash me or what do I know. In the end, I work for a railway company that transports a fifth of all inhabitants of the whole country every single day to work and back in absolute perfection. Our schedules are laid out to the second and we're 97% on time. What makes you think I did not get tested on vigilance or detail? The recruiting process alone took half a year, plus 1.5 years of class, training on the job and multiple examens during the whole time. If you're interested in knowing more, I'll be glad to tell you more. If you're just about to be better or sound smarter, then not. What you're doing here would be the same as going to a japanese railroad guy and telling him you know better than he does. He'll laugh, because as you may know, the Japanese and us, the Swiss, we're famous for the best public transport. I am not saying you don't what you're doing, but public transport and railroad in the US is not exactly world famous. From an engineer to an engineer in training, I wish you safe trips and great journeys on the railroad. Maybe be a bit more considerate next time, I'm not the best, I am not god, but where I work, things work out really well and we know our business like only one other country on face of planet earth does, so we got that going for us.
@anthonywindfield84393 жыл бұрын
And either military or Caucasian. There are other's like myself and those of color with experience and they can't get hired. I've been applying for as long as I've been an OTR truck driver. Talked to executives on the train, nothing. SMH
@FFred-us9tw2 жыл бұрын
You are 110% false about having to be Caucasian to be hired. That's an excuse. And "those of color with experience"? You just said you are on OTR truck driver. How does driving a truck make you experienced to be a locomotive engineer? What is this experience you have that makes you more qualified? I have been an Engineer with Amtrak for close to 20 years. Yes, prior Military gets preference and 100% rightfully so. But being a Caucasian helps you get hired?🤣🤣 Not at Amtrak. You have that backwards.
@anthonywindfield84392 жыл бұрын
@@FFred-us9tw I know people who work there they told me. Both races. So I've moved on and have a better job now. Pays more and less bull. I look down at that used to do and wanted to do job everyday.. I'm not one dimensional and educated. God is good 👍
@king_tony2152 жыл бұрын
That's a false statement..the best way to get in is know someone and even better was in the armed forces..I'm a person of color.
@faa141210 ай бұрын
@@anthonywindfield8439 You're pretty delusional to think you can go from being a Truck Driver to a commercial passenger train engineer just like that... as Fred said. What train experience do you have besides being a passenger lol? It's good you have a good job. But you were naive and extremely delusional to think you could just go from being a truck driver to a train engineer without any type of train experience (heck even being a ticket agent on the train, or a conductor could have helped). You applied for 30 years but haven't done anything in those 30 years to get some kind of train experience or foot in the door.
@komrad19832 жыл бұрын
U.S trains are the most boring thing out there. Much better in Europe, electric, routes, locomotives etc.