The usual stuff, lantern, gloves, safety glasses, a boot voucher, rule books, "heat crayons" for checking hot boxes, etc... Oh yeah, the best part, the pretty, fashionable, highly reflective vests that you have to wear for the duration of your training.mg: Well at least it's not the UP, they have to wear 'em till their 5yrs is up. And the longer your there, you start getting "love letters" from the road foreman when you do something wrong. Operations test failures because you didn't fill out your "special awarness form" correctly. You'll get shirts and hats every other blue moon, depending on how your division or terminal ranks in safety.:wub: All in all, it's not a bad job. Just keep your head out of your mg: and you'll be fine. Railroading sure is better than working for a living:teeth:
I work in aviation now.......just wondering what everyone uses for rain gear cold weather gear. Any ideas
I feel sorry for you! Really! I was in the commercial airline business for over 25years. The two smartest career moves I ever made was (1)leave the airline and(2) eventually go railroading. Get a "real" Carhartt blanket jacket, not the imitation "look alike" kind Get some Carhartt lined bib overalls. The carrier might give you a rain suit, but get at least one size larger than your clothes size, ie if you are a 2XL, get a 3XL rain suit, that should give you sufficient room to put warm weather gear on underneath. If you have to buy a rain suit, buy the yellow rubberized canvas type, and DONT buy the cheap crap. Buy the good stuff and you wont be sorry. If the carrier issues you winter gear get the safety orange thumb only mittens with the woolen liners. You can still key a radio,pull pins and hold a lantern or a switch list with them. They are warm and will easily hold the chemical hand warmers the carrier may or may not issue you. Charlie
I work on the private side.......have to deal with all kinda of stuck up people....err[/QUOTE] Oh yeah! the poor little rich boys & all that I am actually collecting my pension from the airline. Part of my exit agreement with the airline was that my pension remain intact. I started collecting it as soon as I was old enough. I still shudder when I think about the s**t I put up with at the airline. Every time the WX is lousy(like this time of year)I get flashbacks. Many of my airline pals are likewise retired and a large group of them meets monthly for breakfast at a suburban restaurant. I hope to be able to attend one of these days since ALL of these people are friends. It is a distance from where I live and also the gatherings are on a Saturday which is quite difficult for me to do. I worked on most Saturdays on the RR and with my p/t job I work Saturdays as well. I am happy that so many of them haved lived long enough to retire after dealing with the hyper-tense conditions we dealt with for so many years. The great thing about railroading is that I didn't, nor could I, bring my work home! Our lifestyle also improved! I regret that I didn't come to my senses sooner! CT
