Reply to "Any Class I engineers or conductors on here?"

Big JimOGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

Number 90 posted:
It isn't everyone's cup of tea.......If you do, then you might make a good railroader.

Yeah, Tom has it right!
I enjoyed my time on the extra list. It was something different every day. Sometimes a good job, sometimes not. I even got to work on most of the eastern region making "emergency runs" when other districts were out of men. Between the extra list and no train schedules, I was able to take care of the children while the wife was at work. I was also able to run errands and such during the day when the nine to five-ers were stuck at work. The added bonus was that I could "mark off" anytime that I wanted. Not so for the "management" who were expected to be on the scene anytime something out of the ordinary happened. We really did have it better over the TM's & RF's!
I enjoyed my career! And, I am glad that it happened when it did!!!

But, and it is one big BUT, things have changed!!!

Good luck.

4/3/189:18 AM

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