25 years as Engineer on NS .Hired as a brakeman in 91' .11 more years to retire. I can hold about any type of pool job,both short and interdivisional, yard jobs some road switchers,but I have enjoyed being in the extra list this winter. I didn't have to work as often as a regular job, and guaranteed,.But you only can receive so many days (90) towards next years vacation when it takes 240. So here soon I'll have to go to a regular job where overtime and the fact you work actual days counts towards the vacation tally. But to me the extra board isn't bad,plus unlike years ago I can hop on the computer,tablet or phone and check my status and vacancies. Years ago we had a pager or babysit the phone waiting to be called. That was bad.
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