I actually have my locomotive operator certificate. It's pretty neat.
The first time I qualified it was a bucket list thing I didn't know I had. I only drive to be able to perform rail yard audits. I need to know what is trained and what is acceptable practices on a work site.
http://business.financialpost.com/transportation/rail/canadian-railways-offer-15000-signing-bonuses-to-woo-workers-amid-labour-shortage
Dang!! too bad there are no railways in NL...
ReplyDeleteAnd the pay is pretty good. If you can get on the Golden BC line, you can literally go from the end of your shift to skiing in less than 10 minutes.
ReplyDeleteI spent a summer working as a brakeman on that line. We'd be stopped for a few hours for any number of reasons (rock slide, fire or maintenance) and I'd just step off the train and go fishing for a few hours. And people would spend thousands for that sort vacation.