caellis12 um not too familiar with manassas but we run trains down there regularly from enola.

Not too late.

@@JoeMama-vj8es Problem is..I have CSX & NS near me and shortline Wheeling and Lake Erie (I'm in Cleveland, Ohio)..I wouldn't know which one to try & apply for, but I'm fairly sure all three are hiring.

@@Lynchfan88 Not so much a problem as a gift. Apply to all three and go for it. I'm older than you and just passed my didactic training with a class 1. It was tough but rewarding. Go all in and make it happen if it's what you want.

I'm about to start at 47, still early in the process, running my back grounds now,then medical part. I'm in that Harrisburg area

@@eightbitbliss Good luck to you!! Hope it works out and you like it.

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Mopar_ 19 there is a guaranteed minimum that your paid which is 51k a year. This is if your working the extra list and are not working every day. If your marked up as available but do not get called into work, your still paid for that day which is what the guarantee is for. Every terminal is different with the work load and how much guys are working. I work in a terminal which is short manpower so I’m working every day for 6 days, then 2 off. Right now my basic 8 hour day worked is $211 which comes out to around $68k a year. We work around 9-10 hr shifts right now, with an hour of overtime on a shift I see about $289, which is around $82k a year if you do that steady.

@@absoluteblockproduction2039 Thanks

Anthony Farrell that’s it??? Where I am our guarantee is 105,600 a year but typically make 150,000 a year. You guys get shafted hardcore!!

CrazyBadCuber yeah..welcome to the lowest paid class 1 RR that won’t adopt the national contract...conductors make close to $40 an hr on the national contract.

@@absoluteblockproduction2039 man even 40 am hour isn’t good. I make that when I work a yard shift sure, but on the road I’m making 80-100 an hour. We don’t get by the hour, we get paid by the mile.

Employees are usually not supposed to have any electronic devices on them.

there are toilets in the nose... but unless it's a BRAND NEW unit (they are NOT the cleanest), best to do your business at home... when practicable

Adam Hankinson pay is good for a job that requires no college degree, benifits are decent. Just have to adjust to the life style of the work. I just marked up in Pa and am making around 71k a year at the 80% step rate bringing home after taxes around $1,050 with one hr of overtime each shift. Can’t complain..

Anthony Farrell is that pay every week? Or every 2 weeks?

Adam Hankinson every week.

Anthony Farrell what are the hours like? Are you mostly in the yes or on the road?

Anthony Farrell and are you home everyday?

do you really thing you would have to bring your own wrenches and air hoses!??!??!???!?!!???!?!... think bro, THINK

Whatever kind of bag you use you should be sure it has a shoulder strap and it's durable and sturdy so it won't tear apart.

Yeah, kinda blows but if a division super wanted to do a spot inspection and just jump on and check your stuff..you’d be in a bind if you were missing anything. All the extra books ended up in my back back with all my other junk. I kept my time table, OR and the handling book in my grip easy to get to at anytime since they were my most used/referenced book while on the go.

@@absoluteblockproduction2039 its a set up... they decided to pile on all those books and then make it a punishable offense for not having all of them, then hoping to catch someone lacking... hire to fire i don't get it

Your books are also supposed to be up-to-date with the latest revisions.

Have to take their test and become certified on their book of rules in order to run on portions of their line. In a lot of areas NS shares trackage with Amtrak.