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im trying to get into a conductor program at marshall university. ive already passed the pre employmetnt tests and i am now on a waiting list
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It depends on the railroad & subdivision you are working for.
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A conductors life is probably the hardest life you will ever have (not trying to scare you).
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A conductor for most railroads works, 8-10-12 hour days and you can be called immediatley back to work once you've rested eight hours. (Some conductors have been known to sit on the engine for more than 20 hours waiting for a van to pick them up).
You will not have a social life, because of the hours you will be working, unless the railroad/extra board isn't turning quickly.
It also depends on what time of day the trains run through your sub. The trains on one sub I know run through at night which means 6pm-6am and try and sleep while the sun is out (which is very hard). This will also destroy your sleeping patterns.
Pretty much the railroad will have you working 24/7 and since you will be low man on the totem pole, older/higher seniority conductors will call out sick or say they don't want work (and they don't get fired either, but don't get paid)....so you will end up with hard jobs, switching, locals, the scrub jobs according to the older ones.
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Also, train masters will do efficiency test on you, via Radio, Placing a Target on the Track, and if you don't respond correctly or you don't stop the train in time by hitting the target, you will end up in the street without pay, unless you have job insurance, which is costly but great to have since railroads have so many rules that can be broken easily.
I will say this. If you make it and you become a conductor do not take yard jobs. Yes, you might work set hours, but the yard is the easily place you can get fired in. For ex. if you misalign a switch, your train is moving to fast through the yard (and yes, you're responsible if the engineer is speeding), and many accidents occur in the yard as well, say goodbye. Most yards are not safe places to work.
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So take to the extra board for main line freights and good luck.
Edward
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Walking the train in the cold. Them damn high/wides going off when its 10 degrees outside.Iron ore railway maps in vale of Belvoir, Leicestershire?
Go for it! i got a buddy who finished that very same program 3 years ago.
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that the passenger will kick you out of train :))))im an conductor and .everthing railfan_e... said is true EVERYTHING!!....
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also if u make it be prepaired to read .. ALOT!!.. in class u will have a quiz every day and a test every week. for 7 weeks . and U HAVE TO PASS ! 85% or better. good luck.. i may c u out there !
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i'm only a conductor for a trolley museum, not a big railroad. i think dealing with cranky passengers is hard. and learning to stand in a moving train is hard at first, but you learn it fast and get used to it.railway classes in indian railways?
Railfan_e, Know what he is talking about, He is a RR Man by the way he talks. and He is right about the trainmasters. they love to get you wrote up and fired makes them look good. Most of them don't give a damn about their fellow employees. And their bosses superintendents are just as bad they think they are the King.Conductors do all the work on train and office people do all the paper work, Trainmasters and Suprs get all the glory, and don't give a damn for people under them.Getting used to the hours. Getting used to the weather... 3 am, it is sleeting and you are walking a 140 car train, because for some unknown reason F.R.E.D. threw your train into emergency. (F.R.E.D. = the box on the rear that has the red blinking light, put your train into emergency braking. That means the conductor gets to walk to the rear, checking each car as you go, and see what is wrong with FRED. Maybe some half-wit carman didn't tighten FRED down enough and you just drug him about a mile until his hose broke.)
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But all in all.... I wouldn't trade my job for anyones.
Just don't go in with blinders on. That is why there is such a huge turnover with the class 1 railroads. About 60% of the conductors they hire last over a year.
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By the way, the money is not what it was years ago. At one time the railroad was the highest paying transportation job out there, including airlines. Not anymore. You have to have hired on by 1985 to make the really good money. Then you are what is called a "protected" employee. They get extra pay and benefits that no one else does. I work for a great Class 1 railroad and if I don't get any overtime I could make more as a welder, and not have to watch my back because some jerkoff is trying to get promoted by getting as many people fired as he can.
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It's gotta be repeatedly punching all those tickets:Conductor, when you receive a fare,
Punch in the presence of the passenjare!
A blue trip slip for an eight-cent fare,
A buff trip slip for a six-cent fare,
A pink trip slip for a three-cent fare,
Punch in the presence of the passenjare!
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Punch brothers! Punch with care!
Punch in the presence of the passenjare!
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Dealing with drunk/abusive/violent/irration... passengers. A lot of people don't like authority, and some think that your uniform make you fair game for abusive behaviour.
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I have been a Road Foreman of Engines, Trainmaster and instructor. I can assure you I very much cared for those who were subordinate to me. That's why my telephone wasn't ringing constantly all night.
I spent just as much time trying to keep a guys azz out of a sling as I did trying trying to "fire someone" to advance my career. No one wound up as the focus of an investigation initiated by me that didn't fire himself.
I must have done something right. I returned to my seniority, which happened to be where I was headquartered as an officer, and never once did a helper engine ever come close to "accidentally" booting my butt past a stop signal.
Apology accepted.
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