Picked up my IX SE yesterday
. I tried for 3 months and got nothing but flakes.
Feb 5, 2007, 01:09 PM
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Conductors can make that. Engineers can easily net $130K. It all depends on your seniority and how greedy you are and what railroad you work for. Most conductors on the BNSF start out making no less than $70K in their first year.
Feb 5, 2007, 07:08 PM
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Congrats on the new IX SE, sounds like being in the train business is profitable. How long did it take you to learn to be a conducter and all 70K sounds good to me?
Feb 6, 2007, 05:14 AM
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It takes 6 weeks of college coursework at the NARS facility in Overland Park, Kansas. As long as you pass the 280 question exam with a 90% or better, you will get picked up by a class I railroad. On the BNSF, I had to go through another 13 weeks of class/OJT. It can really be a cush job too. I went in at 2234 Monday night and basically sat on a locomotive for 7.5 hours and got paid $196 for it. We literally did nothing. Other days they can work you 12 hours and call you back 10 hours later for another 12. That's where overtime plays in.
Back on subject: Thanks a lot for the comments guys. The '06 is so much smoother than my '03 ever was. The shifting is obviously still notchy but it is slowly getting better. I have so much crap waiting to go on and I keep buying more stuff and amassing it in my spare bedroom. If I ever decide not to be lazy, I'll get to work.
Back on subject: Thanks a lot for the comments guys. The '06 is so much smoother than my '03 ever was. The shifting is obviously still notchy but it is slowly getting better. I have so much crap waiting to go on and I keep buying more stuff and amassing it in my spare bedroom. If I ever decide not to be lazy, I'll get to work.
Feb 6, 2007, 08:29 AM
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hey would u be willing to sell your front lip to me? ive been looking for an apex silver SE front lip FOREVER!
ill give u a good deal on it or ill ill trade u my stock lip + cash muney
let me know!!
Congrats on the Buy!!
ill give u a good deal on it or ill ill trade u my stock lip + cash muney
let me know!!
Congrats on the Buy!!
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