Burner11801

8 hours ago, Two2Go said:

This is the kind of job and environment where teamwork is really important. Being able to work well with others and communicate is essential to both your safety and your success. Based on the way you talk about your coworkers and talk to people on here, I don't think you are going to have a very long or enjoyable time on the railroad.

Never know, he seems like transp mgmt material 

On 3/15/2019 at 11:40 PM, Mikey23 said:

This is very discouraging, my class is made up of a bunch of donkeys. We already had one person fail the book of rules test and now we are right in the middle of air breaks. One girl in the class literally broke down and was crying her eyes out over air brakes. I have never seen so many grown men so scared as these guys in this class. We do go out and look at all the stuff on all the different types of trains and i am at the point where i am super bored in class. 

 

If you just passed your signals and definitions test this past week think long and hard about working here as an a/c. All you do is study within a half hour of waking up all the way up until you close your eyes for bed. 

If for some reason you decide you dont want to to study for just one night you fall very far behind. When they say you will have no life you really dont have any life at all for years.So consider this a warning ac class sucks think twice before you actually take the job.

It’s a small world and the rr is even smaller. You don’t know who knows who and who’s related to some shotcaller.

Wise up, stfu and don’t forget to throw the toggle when you get out new guy. 

On 12/6/2018 at 4:37 PM, Mikey23 said:

I dont know why you guys are coming at me like this but its uncalled for. This is all because ironhorse couldnt take the time out to read a few posts before he gave his two cents. Everyone else should just mind their business.  Dont worry about my career with the railroad! Im not here for any of you, i am here for myself! 

Thanks again fd87, it seems your the only standup guy in this entire forum. Thank you again for your advice. 

Roger. Mikey from 19-2. 

4 hours ago, Mikey23 said:

Well if you would have taken the time to read ALL the posts, You would have read that i did reach out to linda today and im scheduled for feb 13th class. 

i wish you wouldve read whats written before you give any advice.

Congrats new guy. Good luck, hope your tone in your posts don’t reflect how you are in real life. 

46 minutes ago, Suffolkbull3 said:

Thank you thank you thank you soooo much for that information!! it is extremely usesful information to me!!! 

 

I was at the S&D overview on June 11th and the last thing they did was hand out the cd and the instructor told us that we did NOT have to email it back to them. Im guessing that we were the first ones to be told we no longer have to email the cd back? 

Its soo good to know that you found the cd to be useless as i have not even used it yet.

Im finding that the “Zone A” Signal names are throwing a monkey wrench into the other signal names because they kind of look very similiar to the “Zone C” signal names. its annoying the fuhhhhh outta me lol.

 

Thank u sooo much again for your help and if you would like to give me any other reccomendations, i will gladly use them

Cd was helpful for the definitions. The computer won’t let you miss a word or jumble it out of order whereas with the flashcards you might miss something and glaze right over it. 

On 5/5/2018 at 3:47 PM, bp98 said:

He didn't fail airbrake

Not that it matters but jimmy clearly stated someone failed Air brake one class back. Perhaps it was someone else. 

On 5/2/2018 at 12:56 AM, bp98 said:

No, the guy who supposedly failed air brake just quit at graduation.  

If he failed air brake how did he graduate. 

Doesnt pass the smell test. 

5 hours ago, LIRR 154 said:

Leave it alone. You’ll hear something. Believe me.

This. Milk your free time because once you’re in class it’s go time 

On 4/26/2018 at 11:25 PM, Two2Go said:

Minus 2

😩😩😂😂😂

On 4/29/2018 at 1:24 AM, bp98 said:

Just spoke to one of their classmates.  He quit the day of graduation.  Passed everything, but decided that college was more important...

So 3- rules

1- air brake

1-found another opportunity 

yikes. 

Just now, IronHorse said:

OMG, you guys lost someone to Airbrake.........that's a 1st!  How the hell did they pass rules and fail airbrake.  Jimmy Boyle must've been soooooo mad!

Looooooool wasn’t my class but I could imagine he was highly disappointed 

On 4/8/2018 at 11:41 AM, Two2Go said:

 I'm not aware of anyone ever failing out of class because of Air Brake or Tickets, but I'm sure it's possible. Again, the training instructors do a very good job with making sure everyone knows exactly what is expected of them with regards to the exams. 

AC18-2 had 3 ac’s fail rules and 1 ac fail air brake. 

Air brake is definitely easier but the prospect of an easier topic shouldn’t lull any ac’s into a sense of security. 

Study study study. 

Does anyone know when the feb class is supposed to start

21 minutes ago, IronHorse said:

I'd recommend a rugged boot, black w/ heel, that can take a beating.  You're gonna be walking thru puke, piss, train yards, rocks, rough terrain, anything you can thing of.  

You’re awesome thank you. I assume black timberlands would be considered acceptable?

What shoes do you guys recommend? I heard someone talk  about a pair of Nike’s that are acceptable but never caught the name of the style. Can anyone help? 

On 12/11/2017 at 11:58 PM, GUNLOB90089 said:

Quick physical test:

 1) First simulation was climbing up and down a ladder off the ground to a platform and vice versa which duplicates a train climb

2) Second simulation was pulling a weight pulley (cant remember how heavy it was but nothing to worry about) towards you with both hands to simulate being able to opening car doors

3) Third simulation was walking over a mat which had rocks underneath with beams to duplicate walking over a track/uneven surface. Also have you step over a obstacle to show you can step over the third rail.

 

Vision test, urine test, hearing test, blood pressure....thats all there is to it. Dont think im forgetting anything.

Is there a hair test at any point through this process or is it only urine 

On 12/13/2017 at 9:53 PM, swilli said:

Did anyone from the 11/28 open house get emailed about the S&D overview yet?

Just got it

6 minutes ago, trainguy0518 said:

Drug test is during medical which is after S&D exam and panel interview and after receiving conditional offer. I took the S&D test on 11/6 and passed, received conditional offer and background check information and am currently awaiting a call back for the next step which is medical which is the drug test along with a few other things. Medical is the last step in the hiring process. Good luck!!

Trainguy youdaman 100 grand. 

Good luck! Thanks again

Hi all. Just did open house yesterday 11/28. At what point in the process is the drug test, went through 20+ pages and got conflicting or vague answers. Is it after S&D exam?