Union Pacific railroad Heard a month ago that the UP is going to hire 2500 trainmen and than send them to engineer school in the next couple years!! o No: for sure!!
yeah i applied online,they said i did not have enough experience i have 7 years locomotive operation,and 10 years trainman experience was part of a tourist railroad in my hometown,was professionally trained by certified instructors. what more do they want??
I'd take a job on the UP in no time, but I'm not going to cover a 500 mile extra board. Its too late, I'm spoiled. I don't want to go back to the bottom of the barrel! We're looking for trainmen in Ohio who have worked for shortlines, they are much better switchmen than others who have worked road jobs their entire career. Where anticipating adding another 29 miles once the Youngstown & Southern deal goes through. So what shortline do you work for?
railroader I retired off the kansas city southern. worked for Southern pacific, houston belt , tennessee southern , columbus&greenville, and alabama gulf coaST. i WAS A BOOMER. operator ,hostler ,hostler helper,engineer, brakeman,switchman. HIGHBALL!!!!!!!!! :Brow: :laugh:
i my self was with a small 6 mile tourist line in my town,i was an engineer,brakeman/conductor. fully trained as per federal regs by a retired santa fe field instructor,his credentials were still good when he trained me in 1996. 7 years engineer experience, and 10 years conductor/brakeman experience. what more do they want??? geez!!!
Not sure? I interviewed with Conrail for dispatcher and brakeman, CSX for brakeman and they didn't want me. I stopped in to see a trainmaster on the Buffalo & Pittsburgh on a whim, and I practically had the job the next day without any RR experience. After I quit the B&P, I had phone calls at Wisconsin Central, Springfield Terminal, Ohio Central, and Amtrak (as a tower operator on the NE corridor) because they had heard I was looking for a job. Its really strange how the tight knit the RR comunity is. Some railroads want you and others won't go near you with a ten foot pole! Anyhow, I'll have 5 years on the OC in April, It is huge working for Christians..........in the RR community of all places!
