I don’t have to think about this for awhile but…what is the youngest you can work for the railroad? What job(s)? What pay? Lot of time off?
PLEASE stick to topic… The last one got a little out of hand and then we started talking about EMD’s and GE’s.
Where I work, 18 with a high school diploma.
Mow, and T&E and the car department.
Our youngest engineer is 22.
We have a yard master who is 24, and a trainmaster who is 22.
Oldest on the T&E roster was in his late 70s, he worked here till he died on the job…
Now the oldest is 64.
Usually, 18 with a High School Diploma or GED, will get you in the door in T&E, MoW, or Mechanical.
To be a supervisor, you need a bachelor’s degree or the equivalent experience. In you have no RR experiance, you’ll need a bachelor’s. Most Class I’s are tending towards making a bachelor’s a requirement, for any position higher then trainmaster, even with a deep RR background.
If you work for a Class I, the pay is OK, but you have next to no time off - one day out of seven, but working 14 or more days straight is not uncommon.
Nick