Working rail roads and their tracks.

[Streetcar]

Retirement is at 62
I had neighbor with 40 years seniority laid off from Conrail.
When I worked on Mississippi coast the local railroad crew was based out of West Virginia.
Some pitfalls of railroad work

Sometimes I think if I could have done it all over again, I would have worked on the railroad. I’m fascinated with them and the benefits pension is excellent.

 

[crazyal]

Here's a link to the TV show. https://www.rfdtv.com/trains-and-locomotives If you are into trains it's kind of interesting. I have it set to record and have seen at least 15 now without any repeating shows. One of them was on snow plows in Canada. They had video footage of a plow and the engines pushing it trying to ram a drift in an epic fail. It was back in the early 70s so not the greatest video but the engineers were repeatedly trying to clear a drift. On their last attempt the plow hit some ice and flipped up and landed on top of one of the engines pushing it. Didn't see it on YouTube.

 

[crazyal]

I found the video.

 

[Hay Dude]

Interesting
Thanks for sharing
I truly appreciate what these people do moving freight & passengers and the sacrifices our ancestors made to clear the paths, push in the roadbeds and lay the tracks.

 

[cqaigy2]

Wow, just Wow! What a ride that must have been!!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Slightly used engines.

 

[Cub 7274]

We also used a Jordan Spreader on occasion

 

[adam728]

Isn't it East Tawas?

Yes it is.

 

[ArlyA]

Here is photos of the 2 engines I got to ride on. These are not photos I took, just some I found of the same swtich engines. Sometimes when you worked as a carmen, you helped move cars around. On the blue one, I actually worked to rebuild its cab.

 

[Hay Dude]

Here is photos of the 2 engines I got to ride on. These are not photos I took, just some I found of the same swtich engines. Sometimes when you worked as a carmen, you helped move cars around. On the blue one, I actually worked to rebuild its cab.

Love the little diesel switchers!!!!