What is the difference between a “Track Laborer - Regional” and a “Track Laborer - System?” I was looking at job postings and am unsure of the difference. Can someone please help me?
A Regional laborer would only be working assignments within the designated region of the carrier he is employed by.
A System laborer would be working assignment anywhere on the system.
Example - Regional laborer hired for a region headquartered in Chicago would always be working within that region, or realistically within several hundred miles of Chicago.
System Laborer could be working for several weeks in the Pacific Northwest, then for several weeks in Southern California, then maybe several weeks in Montana and then maybe some weeks in Kansas - wherever the railroad operates.
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Possibly the regional position would consist more of the varied day-to-day small-scale maintenance and repair work ‘on-call’ in a limited area, while the system position would likely be with a large production gang - tie replacement, rail replacement, ballasting and surfacing, etc. - that does much the same thing at the same times day-in and day-out, just in far different places.
- Paul North.