How much do train drivers make per minute or per hour, whatever they get paid by??? (serious answers please, I have a bet going on this!)
Most engineers on class ones are paid by the mile and with incidentals average about $250.00 per trip, depending on overtime.
Is that to and from their starting point,or just one way? If one way do they get paid to deadhead.
One way, double it for a round trip. A basic day is paid for a deadhead (130 miles) Of course pay rates are based on the length of the division, which varies greatly.
only if your a pre 86 emplyee…if your not…its only time in the cab or train on csx…
but if you brake the wages down…it works out to about 15 or so bucks an hour and over time…is time and a half… a basic day is around 150 bucks…but a basic day is 130 miles…so if your run is over 130 miles… you get a little over a buck a mile… so if a trip is 200 miles…youll make a little over 200 bucks… if your run is under a 130 miles…you make time an a half over time after 8 hours… and the bigest thing that determans an engineers wages is…HOW MUCH HE WORKS…i make about 50g’s a year…sometimes more…some times a little less…
this posting is for the dude that asked the question…i just replyed to yours becouse i forgot to go back to the beginning… sorry
How about none of your business! We don’t ask what you make!!
well i dont know what a train driver makes but as a engineer on the ns. when i run i make around what was stated except for deadhead as a post 85 employee in the last ble contract we was given full days pay for a deadhead.
A lot of Truck drivers make more than Engineers.I think Engineers are under paid for what they move in one train than an Truck driver does with one trailer load.A local Driver can easley make 15 dollars and hour.Over The Road a lot more.
if you dont want to see your family and friends…a truck driver and make more… but i dont live on the rail road…i want to have time to spend the money i do make…and not just give my life to some company… besides…i know of a few people that work with me…that came from the trucking industry… they said it realy realy sucks!!!
You can work for somebody like Estes and work about 11 hours a day 5 days a week and still make good bucks.
Hi Gary, I plan on Having a job with the railroad when I’m 18, and I plan on becoming an engineer, but I know it is more complicated than just filling out a form and learning operations. Isn’t there seniority required to be an engineer? And what are the best jobs to take before becoming one? A lot of engineers tell me that they rarely get to sleep in their own beds. How much time do you usualy get off between runs? Anything else? I want to work for the railroad because I woudn’t enjoy doing anything else near as much as working on the railroad. I’ve had a lot of negative comments about becoming an engineer, but I’m sure I would still enjoy it. I’ve taken simulators, and I’m fimiliar with controls on wide and conventional cab units. Thanks for the help!
-Brian
For the year 2001 [my second year on the railroad] I made $48,000 as A conductor on the BNSF for 9 months, [I was furloughed the other 3] The engineers I have talked to have made between $50,000 and $120,000 depending on seniority, the job, amount they lay off, etc. As A side note we don’t pay social security. We have railroad retirement which is much higher. Also we have union dues, job insurance, 401k, health insurance and other deductions. I take home less than half what I make !
brian…first of all…to become an engineer…you have to be a conductor first… you then get promoted to engineer when the company says its time for you… so the best way to get a job on a class one rail road look at thier web sights and get information on how they hire thier new emplyees… second… being fimiliar with the controls is compleatly differnt then train handleing… just becouse you know what the trottle is…dont mean you know how to run an engin… but that will be something that you will learn if and when you become an engineer… 3rd… let me warn you now… coming into a rail road job…and being a buff…you will face alot of negative people when it comes to the subjet of buffs… alot of rail roaders dont like buffs…and you will get made fun of… as far as time between runs… you have a minimum of 8 hours off… but they can call you in 6 hours to report to work in 8 hours…ex call you at 1200 to report to work at 1400… you can “work” up to 12 hours… but be on a train for alot longer… and still only get 8 hours off between runs… an engnieer can “take rest” that is reqest more time off then just 8 hours…but the most you can get is 12 hours off between runs… seniority will be established when you hire out…and that date will be the basices for eveything you do on the rail road… it will determan what jobs you can hold…and cant hold… and might even determan if you work close to home…or will have to relocate… good luck with your chance to get on a rail road… it is a differnt life style… but its still better then sitting in a factory or an office all day!
Those employees that make fun of buffs.Did they use to be buffs or just dont understand what buffs like.
My take:Buffs,or foamers, are around trains at their leisure and schedule.Also,Foamers ask a lot of questions and are sometimes in the way,potentially implicating a rail employee in a rules violation.Rail employees are perplexed with the behavior of the foamers:why would someone want to be around this scene if they weren’t being compensated…their conclusion is that you are not normal.
they just dont like buffs…they find the idea of someone likeing trains to be very strange…
yep…that about summs up thier view point…but also…most of the buffs that where hired around where im at…well they are not normal…
How things change.RR employees white black native americans they would all talk to buffs
Yes, how things change. Time was, a railbuff was viewed as basically harmless, and performing a service to some by recording rail activities for posterity, for example Otto Perry. Now, a lot of you people feel some sort of ownership or even arrogance. I stand by my earlier post that what I earn is none of your business. I couldn’t imagine asking someone what they earn…it’s rude, and frankly, I don’t care and I respect their privacy.What kind of people (read questionably normal?) would bet on someone’s salary?? Again, you people feel you have a RIGHT to know this! And frankly, I’m a little appalled that some of you guys are buying into this.
dude…first of all anyone if they know where to look can find out how much an engineer makes…its not a big secret!!! hell’ i knew about what an engineer makes when i was in highschool… when i was reserching the job… second of all… if you dont want to tell what you make…thats your biz… more power to you…but dont sit here and tell me what to do… someone that is interested in working for a rail road…but wants to know if it is economicly in thier best intrest…then yes i will tell someone what i make… dude…the rail road web sights well tell you what the jobs pay…but that is just a base figer… if someone wants to know some of the ins and outs of how to get payed…and how the pay system works…then im going to tell them…its not like we as rail road emplyees are under some kind of secret agreement not to talk…like we are cia… you need to go lay down and take a prozack and stop ranting and raving about nothing… appall this(fliping you my finger!)