I hired out in Allentown as well. You hear anything yet?

Matthew Groulx I haven’t heard anything yet. I’ve emailed HR and basically got this generic email saying they will contact me when there is a need for conductors in that location. I was hired May (to give you an idea on how long it’s been). Well at least that’s when everything cleared for me, background and medical stuff. I guess we are stuck playing the waiting game for now until a need arises. I expect Covid has a hand to play with the delay. Hopefully your wait won’t be as long good sir 🤙.

How long ago was that? I was told last week that there was “discussion” about releasing class dates this coming week. You have an email or some other form of communication (reddit, Facebook, etc) Not really too comfortable talking about this stuff on a public forum.

Matthew Groulx See if you can send me a private message on here. It should be in my “about” section. I wasn’t able to find any message settings on your page though.

I don’t really use social Media. I haven’t received any emails though from them in months though so probably wouldn’t be any help with your curiosity. I’ve pretty much just kept working and figure I’ll hear something when I hear something 🤷‍♂️.

They give you a laptop to use at the training center, but if you have one of your own, bring it to use in the hotel. Other then that a good supply of pens, a good notebook..basics.

I know this old but I was just given a conditional offer for Peru. Wondering if you’re still there? Would you recommend working tgere

Yes. Any job you are qualified to work on they can call you for off the extra biard

611Anime PSR has probably been the worst thing I’ve seen, because it has negatively affected some of our customers. I personally believe it was not implemented properly and has caused some of our customers to return to reviving product by truck because it’s cheaper to utilize vs. by rail. It has also impacted the guys on the ground working by adding additional work load with less manpower to get the job done, which also increases length in time to work. Although we make more money with having to work the longer shifts, it’s taxing with the additional work load. The theory I see is, “ do more work with less” which in my option is going to be an accident waiting to happen with fatigue being the #1 leading cause of accidents. I don’t worry about furloughs right now with the area I’m in being a busy place.

@@absoluteblockproduction2039 Thanks for the info on PSR. I should be getting a phone interview soon. If I have any more questions, I'll let you know. Thanks again.

Until you get 5-7 years of seniority, furloughs are always a concern, I worked at one of the busiest locations on ns and we had conductors furloughed for the second time in their career. 5 years seniority and cut. Only off for 2 months but still.

They will assign you to the closest location where you live, unless you’ve already made an agreement to work at a different location.

chuckiej jimenez training pay while a conductor trainee is $800 a week, after you complete training and are qualified, it goes up from around $20 an hr training pay to around $27 an hr. It’s a step rate pay increase over 5 years to 100% rate, the 27 is at 80%. OT depends on your terminal and workload, but I typically work atleast an hr or two overtime a shift. Overtime in the railroad is daily anything over 8hrs.

During the 3 months training in your division, you're still making the 800 a week, yes? Are you paid for overtime during this training phase,...meaning above the 20x40hrs per week? If you are put and stay at a hotel, are you paid the entire time, or just for an 8 hr shift? Do they pay for your hotel stay? Food during those extended trips? Thx

David Chadwick I believe I’m going to do a video to cover all this, excellent questions.

school is $175 per day, ojt is whatever the crew makes for that job since you’re attached to that crew

@@tbb236 nice . Csx paid a flat rate all through training . Working 12’s everyday and making around 600$ a week .

I was based out of enola running the port road to bay view and to Edgemoor in De. I have just recently left, out of my entire hired class there’s 1 guy left from 6 of us..

@@absoluteblockproduction2039 it's a tough gig my friend. If you're looking for work as a conductor send me an email. I'm working for a great short line over in NJ and have friends on the Delmarva Central as well. Stay away from R&N...they're nearly as bad as NS. hossandmark@yahoo.com