On 4/18/14, 1:35 PM, wrote:
On Friday, April 18, 2014 1:22:19 PM UTC-4, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 4/18/14, 1:16 PM, wrote:

On Thursday, April 17, 2014 4:13:24 PM UTC-4, Califbill wrote:

And the railroads are run really bad. I was talking to a person shipping
200 WW2 tanks from the SF Bay Area to the East Coast. Was cheaper on
trucks in the end. Railroad wanted $4800 a tank, 3 months to get them
there. Plus the safety inspector wanted bribes to allow them loaded.
Otherwise had to move them like 3/8 inch. Plus after 3 months of travel
they had a short time to unload before rent on the railcar kicked in.

Truck was only $6400 and a week delivery.

The railroads in this country are heavily unionized. Paying union wages is expensive, and then the union inspectors are corrupt. Surprise!

Funny stuff. Railroads pay living wages to their employees, and that
really, truly ****es off right-wing assholes.


Polly want a cracker?


Here, I'll fix it for you: Railroads are forced to pay high wages to their union-protected corrupt employees, and that ****es off real working people who depend on their work achievements and ethics to get and retain the best paying jobs.

Have a nice day.


High wages? Salaries for railroad workers aren't that high. The median
is $42k, locomotive engineers are in the $50 to $60k range, conductors
in the $40k range.

You're just another right-wing asshole who resents hard-working
Americans and what they have to do to earn a living.

On 4/18/14, 4:31 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 18 Apr 2014 14:42:41 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:


High wages? Salaries for railroad workers aren't that high. The median
is $42k, locomotive engineers are in the $50 to $60k range, conductors
in the $40k range.


Your numbers are low by about 35%

http://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/ra...RCH_KO0,18.htm

Conductor $45k-87k $65k median

http://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/en...0,8_KE9,17.htm

Engineer $50k-100k $70k median

Plus a very generous benefit package and an overtime package far above
what the law requires.
That may not sound like a lot of money in New York or California but
if you are out in flyover country that is a pretty good job.
One of my friends retired as a conductor on the Amtrack line from New
York up through Connecticut. Another friend was the conductor on the
Seminole Southern train here. My daughter actually got to run the
train once. It is pretty mind numbing work.



The salary ranges depend on the site, eh? The site I found had lower
numbers.

On Fri, 18 Apr 2014 16:31:13 -0400, wrote:

On Fri, 18 Apr 2014 14:42:41 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:


High wages? Salaries for railroad workers aren't that high. The median
is $42k, locomotive engineers are in the $50 to $60k range, conductors
in the $40k range.


Your numbers are low by about 35%

http://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/ra...RCH_KO0,18.htm

Conductor $45k-87k $65k median

http://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/en...0,8_KE9,17.htm

Engineer $50k-100k $70k median

Plus a very generous benefit package and an overtime package far above
what the law requires.
That may not sound like a lot of money in New York or California but
if you are out in flyover country that is a pretty good job.
One of my friends retired as a conductor on the Amtrack line from New
York up through Connecticut. Another friend was the conductor on the
Seminole Southern train here. My daughter actually got to run the
train once. It is pretty mind numbing work.

You didn't actually expect the truth, did you? You noticed he didn't post a site?