Guest engineer

Hello, I live in Quebec, Canada and I would like to know if it would be possible to be a Guest Engineer for a day in my area or in the USA, I know that there are privatly onwned railroads but I have no infos on the subject.

All infos would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

Look in rail fan magazines and tourist rails. I have seen adds for instructions and throttle time in several mag. in the past. Good luck.

Lee

Hello Lee, thanks for the infos I’ll be checking out those magazines.

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MRM Throttle Time sessions are conducted each Summer and Fall. For a $100.00 donation to the Museum, a participant has the opportunity to spend 30 minutes observing and learning the operation of one of the Museum’s diesel locomotives and spends the following 30 minutes running the locomotive under the supervision of one of the Museum’s engineers. The engine used for the sessions may be Wabash F-7 #1189 built in 1953, former Long Island Railroad Alco RS-3 #301 built in 1955, Milwaukee Road NW-2 #1649 built in 1947, or Canadian National FPA-4 #6789. Equipment used is always subject to change due to availability.

You must be at least 18 years old and be physically able to enter the locomotive cab and operate the controls to participate in Throttle Time. Happy Railroading!

Throttle Time sessions run on various weekends between April 25 and November 8th. Please click on a month to see available dates in that month:

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Oooh, an RS-3. I know where I want to go on vacation…

–Randy

The Santa Fe Southern 18 mile short line between Santa Fe and Lamy, New Mexico, has an “Engineer For A Day” program.

http://www.sfsr.com/

I thank you very much for the infos Lee and Cacole, I’ll certainly look it to it.

It’s a very good “gift suggestion”, my wife sometimes runs out of ideas for my birthday or Christmas presents…[:)]

Have a nice day [;)]

My co-workers gave me a retirment gift for engineer of the day on the narrow-gauge line in Felton, CA. An experience always to be remembered …

Mark