Re: Trains and Tractors

Posted by Island A on April 18, 2006 at 19:36:56 from (68.48.29.244):

In Reply to: Re: Trains and Tractors posted by Mark on April 18, 2006 at 17:43:21:

Know what you mean Mark! I worked for CSX out of Baltimore for 3 years as a trainman before I had enough of the railroaders life. By the time I hired of course the Jeeps were GP38s and GP40s. For a while after the CR merger they took all our GPs from Benning yard (Washington, D.C.) and we were using the big AC units for everything. Try kicking a car with an SD80AC or AC44CW. No throttle response whatsoever.

It was a fun job for a while but in early 2002 after 33 days straight of working 12 and being called "on your rest" I decided I was going no where and quit.
Now I work 1 day off 3, shift work. NO PHONE CALLS. NO PAGER. And I dont have to lie and say I'm sick to get a day off.
No sir, do NOT miss the life of a railroader.
Dave

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