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Originally Posted by Skrail
I have 17 years left, but my retirement as of now would be close to 3,000/month.
my wife would get 1/2 again as much when she turns 60...
Right now I m running an 80 mile run, anda 194 mile run and a 256 mile run. gone too long for my liking, but, pulling enough in to save for kidscollege and future. If you can hire on...do it...
few years of hardship/ bumped around, lousy hours..but worth it
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I used to work a through freight..... 141 miles each way, 11pm on EB, 2-3pm the next day back west. Only one yard we'd occasionally switch and our dispatchers were total idiots..... they would always hold us up for 3-4 hours sitting on the single track while a local farts around (instead of letting us by, then they have the whole night to switch). What it worked out to was.... a lot of sitting around, doing nothing.... and getting paid royally to do so. I know my engineer was making about $38/hr..... $50/hr overtime (after 8 hours). There are so many loop holes too, if we were in the hotel for more than 8 hours..... we go on the clock..... we had to layover at the hotel for 2 days once, then 12 hours back..... getting paid that kind of money while sleeping in a motel and eating pizza ain't half bad!
Ohh, and there will be many bad jokes and just pure stupidity.... but its the only way to survive it all. Take it from me..... a box of paintballs stuck in the icebox on the locomotive and a slingshot make for a great boredom cure
