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<blockquote data-quote="Serf" data-source="post: 1285932" data-attributes="member: 50254"><p>Few Army buddies of mine went to the railroad. They started as conductors in a 5 year apprenticeship. All the while training,testing,working. Even had to attend a 6 week course of study down south. They work off what's called an "extra board." Due to the high seniority at most railroads newer employees (under a decade) will work on call. Mostly nights,weekends, and holidays. Typically a call to get to the yard will come in the middle of the night. The conductor and engineers will take a load out to Columbus (for example) via Massachusetts. They will haul 14 hours, stop and wait for a ride to a local motel and than be back to finish the haul ten hours later. Just like DOT regs. </p><p></p><p>Few points to mention: 5 year apprenticeship, 6 week training and testing course, extremely hard transient lifestyle, and no set schedule. Only rule of thumb is work cannot work more than 7 days in a row without having the next three days off. (Which I am told hardly ever happens.) They are compensated well for the crazy lifestyle, and skilled labor they perform.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Serf, post: 1285932, member: 50254"] Few Army buddies of mine went to the railroad. They started as conductors in a 5 year apprenticeship. All the while training,testing,working. Even had to attend a 6 week course of study down south. They work off what's called an "extra board." Due to the high seniority at most railroads newer employees (under a decade) will work on call. Mostly nights,weekends, and holidays. Typically a call to get to the yard will come in the middle of the night. The conductor and engineers will take a load out to Columbus (for example) via Massachusetts. They will haul 14 hours, stop and wait for a ride to a local motel and than be back to finish the haul ten hours later. Just like DOT regs. Few points to mention: 5 year apprenticeship, 6 week training and testing course, extremely hard transient lifestyle, and no set schedule. Only rule of thumb is work cannot work more than 7 days in a row without having the next three days off. (Which I am told hardly ever happens.) They are compensated well for the crazy lifestyle, and skilled labor they perform. [/QUOTE]
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