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  1. Does anyone on this thread have info about the hiring process and the physical exam? Current starting salary? I can’t find any other similar threads like the exam 6601 conductor hiring process thread on this website. Thank you in advance!
  2. I’ve taken this exam. I know this post is late but I recently got contacted. List number 95xx
  3. Does anyone have a link for the last Tower Operator exam thread? (If there is one, of course). The exam number is 8729. Test dates were 9/28/2018 and 9/29/2018. TIA
  4. This one works good for me and I had extra space in the main compartment for a hoodie last winter. Or food in the summer. But now I got a lunch bag lol. The main compartment is great. Spacious and has a laptop slot in the back where I keep my rule book and strip maps (I was in the first covid class that came out last September. I’m almost done with probation). The side pockets on this bag are great too. Personally I like it better than the Kaka.
  5. WITZMAN Travel Backpack For Men Laptop Bags Casual Daypack Convertible Rucksack 3 Carrying Ways (6695 Black) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XRYR2KF/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_PMWZ2Q9254G6D9KHN67Q
  6. Personally I had the Kaka bag. It was ok. I didn’t get the biggest one, I got a smaller one. I still wasn’t fully happy with it. I ended up getting one from a company called Witzman. It’s on amazon for like $60. I’ll see if I can post a link
  7. Hey. So does anyone have a link for a thread for the train operator exam from a few years ago? I have a friend that needs info on the list and the employment center number I had 347-643-8232 is no longer valid.
  8. Hey Kravtiz. You get paid during school car. Starting I believe is $23.09, or if you’re eligible for the small contractual increase that just went in, then it may be $23.67. You’ll have to pick up paper checks at a location you choose during school car until you set up your direct deposit.
  9. Congrats to you and your classmates! I’m in B Div. Currently working PM tour. How many came out of your class? How many to B Div and how many to A Div?
  10. Congrats! So are you done with posting? Or is that going to start now?
  11. No worries. It would be blasphemous if I didn’t pay it forward. I had some good info and supporters when I was in the same position as you last August. Besides. It’s in my nature to be helpful. Ask away, whether myself or anyone else on here, we’re all in this together regardless of new or old. Cheers and good night!
  12. Keep that enthusiasm Bree! School car is approx 8-9 weeks. Your first week will be a bunch of orientations. After that, you’ll be in actual training for about 4 weeks or so. You’ll have a midterm and yard practical, then go posting. Posting means that you’ll be working as a conductor, but will have another conductor with you. You’ll have to post once on each line in the division you’re in. A division has less than B division. After posting, you’ll go back for your final and road practical. they say the hardest part is the yard practical. I’d only agree because it’s your first time putting all you learned into practice, but in a train yard which is a safer environment. I’ll say the same as mostly everyone told me. Don’t sweat the small stuff. You’ll do fine. Just pay attention and take at least fairly decent notes.
  13. I’ll be as honest as I can. At first? It was nerve wracking. But, everyone is super dismissive about it like “it’s no big deal, you’ll get used to it”. My first 2 weeks out, I hardly slept I was over-thinking and excessively worried about things that could happen. It’s really not that serious. School car is intense. When you’re on the road, it’s way toned down. There’s days that can be really annoying, as you’ll see, but it’s honestly not bad at all. You’ll make it worse for yourself by over-worrying than it actually is (as I did to myself, but that’s my nature lol)
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