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Does it take any special skills or training to be a train conductor?
I just saw a job listing for a train conductor position. They will train you and everything. I would have to go to GA. for the training, but they pay for the round trip, hotel, and give a $20 a day for food. I filled out the app. I hope to hear from them. It sounds like something I may like. Only thing is during training and probabtion, you're on call as needed 24/7. |
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Sounds like fun. Don't know about what you asked but I like trains.
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Does it take any special skills or training to be a train conductor? I just saw a job listing for a train conductor position. They will train you and everything. I would have to go to GA. for the training, but they pay for the round trip, hotel, and give a $20 a day for food. I filled out the app. I hope to hear from them. It sounds like something I may like. Only thing is during training and probabtion, you're on call as needed 24/7. Is the conductor the guy who takes the tickets? |
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Very cool!!!
I would guess it's some intense training but a nice job! Good luck to ya! Hope ya get it! Tammy: 
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I don't know about the conductor but I have a friend that works for BNSF (Burlington Northern Sante Fe). His crew repairs tracks all over the United States. He absoultely LOVES it! He makes really good money and is never in one place for very long. However, it IS very hard on his love life and he has no personal life to speak of because he isn't in one place for very long. It can get very lonely sometimes for him....but it's something that he chose for himself when he was young and he hasn't looked back.
Plus they are Union and he gets some awesome benefits! Just a thought..... 
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I don't know about the conductor but I have a friend that works for BNSF (Burlington Northern Sante Fe). His crew repairs tracks all over the United States. He absoultely LOVES it! He makes really good money and is never in one place for very long. However, it IS very hard on his love life and he has no personal life to speak of because he isn't in one place for very long. It can get very lonely sometimes for him....but it's something that he chose for himself when he was young and he hasn't looked back. Plus they are Union and he gets some awesome benefits! Just a thought..... Yeah, the pay sounds good, they have two unions you can join (you have to join one), and benefits. Lots of travel, but I wouldn't mind that. It does sound like something I would like. Conductor Trainees operate track switches, couple cars and work on freight trains in yard operations and on the road with heavy travel. You must be able to lift 80 lbs., as required when replacing knuckles that connect rail cars. This involves strenuous, outside work in all weather conditions and requires extensive travel. The conductor trainee operates track switches by moving a lever that moves sections of track to properly place railcars, couples cars, and works assembling freight trains in rail yard operations performing various duties involving moving and aligning various parts of rail equipment to create or build trains. You must be able to perform several tasks safely that will require pulling, controlling and maneuvering onto and off of equipment.
To see what it's like to be a conductor at Norfolk Southern copy and paste the following link in your browser. http://www.nscorp.com/nscorphtml/video/Conductor_prehire.wmv |
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I don't know about the conductor but I have a friend that works for BNSF (Burlington Northern Sante Fe). His crew repairs tracks all over the United States. He absoultely LOVES it! He makes really good money and is never in one place for very long. However, it IS very hard on his love life and he has no personal life to speak of because he isn't in one place for very long. It can get very lonely sometimes for him....but it's something that he chose for himself when he was young and he hasn't looked back. Plus they are Union and he gets some awesome benefits! Just a thought..... Yeah, the pay sounds good, they have two unions you can join (you have to join one), and benefits. Lots of travel, but I wouldn't mind that. It does sound like something I would like. Conductor Trainees operate track switches, couple cars and work on freight trains in yard operations and on the road with heavy travel. You must be able to lift 80 lbs., as required when replacing knuckles that connect rail cars. This involves strenuous, outside work in all weather conditions and requires extensive travel. The conductor trainee operates track switches by moving a lever that moves sections of track to properly place railcars, couples cars, and works assembling freight trains in rail yard operations performing various duties involving moving and aligning various parts of rail equipment to create or build trains. You must be able to perform several tasks safely that will require pulling, controlling and maneuvering onto and off of equipment. To see what it's like to be a conductor at Norfolk Southern copy and paste the following link in your browser. http://www.nscorp.com/nscorphtml/video/Conductor_prehire.wmv Just beware...he lives out of his Jeep and has no "home"!  |
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They "train" you?
 
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You'll need to practice saying:
Boooaaard!!! |
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You'll have to be able to shovel coal into that box thing where the coal goes. You'll have to move cows and tied-up women off the tracks. And if the President is on the back of the last car making a speech, you'll have to slow down or stop. Also, be aware that people (usually chasing spies or supervillains) like to have long, drawn-out fights on top of moving trains (I've seen it 1000 times in movies, so it must be true), so you may have to deal with that.
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I think that would be a great job Solve mysteries and stuff, like the 'Orient Express'. (can you tell what I watched on PBS last night?)
 
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Edited by
mssilverfox
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Mon 07/12/10 01:25 PM
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You'll have to be able to shovel coal into that box thing where the coal goes. You'll have to move cows and tied-up women off the tracks. And if the President is on the back of the last car making a speech, you'll have to slow down or stop. Also, be aware that people (usually chasing spies or supervillains) like to have long, drawn-out fights on top of moving trains (I've seen it 1000 times in movies, so it must be true), so you may have to deal with that. LOL! Yep, right on with all of this..(see below) My brother in law was the youngest conductor in Ohio at one time long ago... He loved it.. he now works for a company that moves oversized equipment all over the country and he is in charge, making sure they don't get stuck anywhere..lol If you don't mind traveling alot, the perks are great!! Actually, I know one and I will tell you this: He has an easy job because most of the time you sit and look out the window. There are times in all sorts of weather, you will have to get out and inspect the train and make sure all the lines of hydraulics are working properly, and trouble shoot to figure out what is malfunctioning. There are TONS of rules you will need to know and be constantly aware of for legal purposes (it is a specialised category of law btw). The conductor does not seat people, he 'drives' the train. Or...You could be assigned to a 'yard'. I recommend getting 'qualified' on a wide variety of positions. This will make your frequency of availability higher...more choices for you...AND you get paid while you are in 'qualifying' status (yay). As a conductor you will sit at home on the 'extra board' and get paid for that. Or you could just list yourself on the 'board' and be called to work whenever a train comes in. These are your income. Make friends asap with veteran conductors to know all the ins and outs of marking up when it serves you best. |
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Well, it looks like I may not be able to accept this job if they call me. I just got a call from the apts. I was looking at in SC. If I can come up with another $200, I can move in. If I move in there, I'll need a job a lot closer to MB.
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Well, it looks like I may not be able to accept this job if they call me. I just got a call from the apts. I was looking at in SC. If I can come up with another $200, I can move in. If I move in there, I'll need a job a lot closer to MB. Uh, if I were you, jmho, I would weigh that a little more. A possible career that has potential to move up or a move into a apt that you were looking into? Realize you were looking into moving but it seems you're being offered a alternative at this moment. 
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I would be a lot happier down there, than up here. Even if I had to work at Wal-Mart or Burger King.
I would rather have a not so good paying job and feel free, than have a decent paying job and feel trapped. |
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Does it take any special skills or training to be a train conductor? I just saw a job listing for a train conductor position. They will train you and everything. I would have to go to GA. for the training, but they pay for the round trip, hotel, and give a $20 a day for food. I filled out the app. I hope to hear from them. It sounds like something I may like. Only thing is during training and probabtion, you're on call as needed 24/7. Where to start ? I have been a trainman/ conductor for 26yrs and it's a good career but it most certainly is not without it's pit falls. Special training-yes with plenty of rules, more rules, more rules and special rules about other rules. Now I'm in canada and the railway life is probably similar. Forget about having weekends off for most of the time, if you don't like nights give it up now as thats were you will spend a lot of time until you get some seniority. If you work the road then you are away from home a lot, and the hours are always staggered as well as the days you work. But as you get some seniority then you will be able to hold better jobs with reg. days off.A Cond./Engnr working the road is at the better end of the scale but you will have more of a steady life in the yard. You want to work on the gang then be prepared for grunt work at first. On the up side you get to work with some really big stuff and you learn to really appreciate nice weather days, sunrises, and a comrade with others in this unique field. |
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I would be a lot happier down there, than up here. Even if I had to work at Wal-Mart or Burger King. I would rather have a not so good paying job and feel free, than have a decent paying job and feel trapped. Playing devils advocate, you have that feeling now, but in a few years...perhaps you might want to settle down, thinking about more permanent lifes situations, buying a home, raising a family? You won't go far on a Walmart or Burger King job, yet a job that does have opportunity for you into your life coming is a more considerable. Looking into whats going on now could affect your life's outcome. Giving things up for a lessor order for those of a higher usually is temporary to get where you eventually want to be. This sounds more like one of life's bigger opportunities knocking on your door. If you are happy with your work, your life is happier, seriously, speaking of expereicne. Moving is always a option, but career chances are far and few between. I moved around alot when younger and you will ind, that sometimes when we are trying to get away from a few things, those things are in us and we take them with us. Am really not trying to tell you what to do with your life just consider it a little longer, weigh the pros and cons of each. Just saying
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I would be a lot happier down there, than up here. Even if I had to work at Wal-Mart or Burger King. I would rather have a not so good paying job and feel free, than have a decent paying job and feel trapped. Playing devils advocate, you have that feeling now, but in a few years...perhaps you might want to settle down, thinking about more permanent lifes situations, buying a home, raising a family? You won't go far on a Walmart or Burger King job, yet a job that does have opportunity for you into your life coming is a more considerable. Looking into whats going on now could affect your life's outcome. Giving things up for a lessor order for those of a higher usually is temporary to get where you eventually want to be. This sounds more like one of life's bigger opportunities knocking on your door. If you are happy with your work, your life is happier, seriously, speaking of expereicne. Moving is always a option, but career chances are far and few between. I moved around alot when younger and you will ind, that sometimes when we are trying to get away from a few things, those things are in us and we take them with us. Am really not trying to tell you what to do with your life just consider it a little longer, weigh the pros and cons of each. Just saying I apperciate the advice. Yeah, I've learned that somethings we do today sometimes effect our future. I'm still dealing the consequences of things I did four and five years ago. |
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I think you would look cool in a conducters cap........
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