this is something that really means alot to me, and i am pleading with others out there to help in any way possible.i want to attend a school in california to be a locomotive engineer, and i am having alot of rejections from banks,is there a company or organization that will help somebody be a engineer reguardless of present situation? i am doing my best to get my lic by the end of sept,and i just need help in getting funding. all banks i talk to tell me the same thing and the school dont do funding assistance,so where that leaves me,is in a quandry,and time being short,somebody please help.
Are you currently a conductor for any railroad?
Do you just want to be an engineer?
Are you talking about the MODOC Railroad school?
I don’t know about all the railroads but NS will pay for your training. I would try contacting the railroad to wish to work for first to ask them about training. Some train you themselves and other require you to go to outside schools (CSX for example).
Theres a difference between running trains and being an engineer.
CSX no longer requires a new hire to attend an outside school. They do their own training, and pay you for it, in Atlanta.
Bert
Most class one roads do not require you to attend an outside school, but it looks a lot better to them for you to be willing to pay for your own training. I know the BNSf has there own school, that most every railroad that operates under GCOR rules consideres the school to be pas railroad experience.