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Yes you need a valid driving licence.
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A more simpler way to put is. Pass phase 1 and phase 2 become qualified your at 100. Don't pay attention to pay scale , pay attention to passing. Pay scale means nothing in Engine service. Its passing and failing.
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Yeah I'm there. No room on the Yardmasters roster right now so they are allowing me to go for Engine Service. Quick question do you know why they are hiring so many Engineers.
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You receive the booklet when your invited to the overview. Just keep your eye on your email both regular and junk mail.
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Good luck! Its good career. Be very clear about those violations. They could be a problem.
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Its kind of weird but I never met anyone who came from Transit in the RR. I met many airline employees , a few CO's but no one from NYC Transit. I have a friend who is a BO and he gets the same results.I think much as has to do with you currently working for Transit. I don't see no other problem with your background.
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People who have worked in jobs that run 24/7 ,weekends and holidays are what the RR is attracted too. A majority including myself came from the airline industry. Locomotive Engineer is not a job for everybody that goes for any job in the RR. If you are a young guy who enjoys weekends with your friends or holidays with your family is very important to you. The RR isn't for you. Social life doesn't exist at the RR . Now IT jobs and most Engineering jobs run differently where its a likely a Mon-Fri schedule.Just some things to think about.
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Open house is for applicants invited only. Chances are you might not have been chosen. But I read your thread in the other RR.net forum and you seem you have a good background as far as education goes. I would keep applying to other positions as well as electrical engineering positions. Not everybody including myself got in the RR first try. Just keep applying and good luck.
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The email is an invitation to the open house. You have to pass the entrance cognitive test before you are ask for an interview. They don't invite all applicants. But also check your garbage mailbox
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Expect the unexpected and its a long road to get into just the beginning. If you don't have great study habits don't waste your time. Good Luck with the entrance exam and be specific when filling out the application. Don't leave nothing out.
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I don't see that much of a technical advance from the current M7's. Just sounds like alot a fluff. You don't want too much electrical and computer components on these cars as much as of the beating these cars take . It spells disaster , thats why its good to keep things a little simple.
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Unused tickets are the least things I find on the train when I work on them. You will be surprised of the things they leave and the carelessness of them. The thing that blew my mind one time when I first started was a prosthetic leg.
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I agree with you here. For instance with the RR scrapping and retiring alot of the old diesel fleet here at the LIRR in which you can clearly see NYAR crusing with the old engines up and down the island hauling freight. This was the decision of managment liking the brand new and crappy dual modes and getting rid of the work horses. Now there is a equipment shortage especially when it comes to the diesels when they had good working ones just pushed to the side and sold. You don't think those Geeps would of been good for scoot service? That was a coperate decision and not a RR one.
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I highly disagree. I mean M7 aren't exactly Cadillacs either. But M3's do get shopped a lot more often.
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I don't know about Metro North but we usually have a EIC dock and crew that scrubs each car from top to bottom. Each car gets intense treatment. But with the chairs , people need to stop putting their feet on the chair. Each train cannot have their seats soap and water cleaned each night it takes to much time. Most trains if not a protect only spend 3 to 4 hours tops in the yard and then you have some that are all day runners never seeing a coach cleaner till the next day.
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No it's not the crews at all. Haven't to deal with how winter and salt affects the train floors it's tough work. It's like mopping sand paper and it turns your mop and bucket water dirty black after two cars. Imagine having to mop and sweep and clean garbage on a 12 car train that is schedule to leave in 2 or 3 hours. It's not easy work .The crews are not lazy , harsh winters have these equipment taking a pounding both internally and mechanically. The shops have been busy.. The floors will be back to normal by the beginning of spring . It takes time to get up all the salt and grime so cut the coach cleaners a break. Unless your in car sweating your @$$ off trying to get these trains ready before the crews come to take it you don't know.....
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Lol money talks and there is more money out on the Island then Queens. You can think however you think but it's the people who are paying the commuter taxes and high LI taxes that the RR listen too. Have you ever rode the 7 train lately? Can you imagine the uprise if the RR lower their prices to cater to them or Metro North would for the Bronx residents? That's just the world we live in. Sad to say most of these commuters hate riding with their own fellow commuters , it would kill them to ride with the subway crowd. They feel if you want to ride the RR then pay what I pay.
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The commuter rails purpose is to serve the burbs and not the city. Now reopening Elmhurst is an idea that has been floating around since the community has shown interest but you better believe they will not lower their fares to subway standards. The pols and the people on LI will have a fit .
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The only way the East River Tunnels can be maintain properly is if the LIRR takes over. Amtrak doesn't have the backing , resources or man power to cover this kind of operation. Eventually with the ESA and a Sunnyside station and yard coming there in the future I won't be surprised if Amtrak is pushed out as sole controller in that area.
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Another day and another problem in the east river tunnels. Amtrak needs to give maintenance rights or share them with the LIRR. Too many disruptions are happening and they can't handle the job .
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Lol do you think they are going to leave it as is if its a fulltime station and storage yard.
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It makes sense and it could be an option. It's been one of those ideas that's been floating around for a long time. But also the community has to make more noise as well. For instance the community in Elmhurst have been making some noise for the station to be reopened and the LIRR and MTA have noticed. I wouldn't be surprised if Elmhurst is reopened once we get more deeper in the ESA plans. I have read about some plans for developments for retail and entertainment mega project over there in Belmont which could be a even bigger push for the plan like yours.
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A little random thought. Took the Engineer Trainee entrance exam last Mon. Weirdest test I ever took and it doesn't have nothing to do with trains or the RR.
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No different, same tricks and cons.
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Maybe ,maybe not. LIRR already has a history of using DMUs and it got ugly.
