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Yeah I kinda had that thought. Or the WQMDSM shows up and there is no yeard space lol.

NS has no "Connection" to Des Moines really. BNSF brings trains from W Quincy for them. W Quincy crew to Burlington up the K line,then galesburg crews to Des Moines. NS crews run the yard there, but I wonder if Roanoke knows about them?

Not sure about the Address. You can park just past the J City track if oud like. But most guys are up between CSX and NS. Going across Pine Jct tracks ( the interchane yard) will get US Steel Police on you.Id say a car length off the road would be as far as you would want to go.

Metra, better time off,no over nights, about the same pay. I work there now as an engineer and love it.

Rail has crashes, trucks have crashes. I guess I missed the point here.....

I didnt pay to go on BNSF when I got my card. I did pay for eating there.But everything else was covered. As a side note BNSF does NOT allow someone off the street to play engineer there. If your doing the engineer for a day program at a local museum thats cool. Hoosier Valley railroad museum offers...

Joliet has EJ&E 673 and 662 running. 673 was the south end power and 662 I think was on the 528. Most of the junk power Cn owns is here. I f you do catch J power you will notice that the CN has spray painted the trucks black on a few. Only ONE J engine is in CN colors and thats 668. Shes regular...

Park in between the NS and CSX. That building is on RR Property. I work for hte J ( till the 17th then off to Metra) and have seen tons of fans there recently. As long as you are respectful and out of the way noone cares. Be advised US Steel is watching you. SO stay away from their property.They hav...

They have a J caboose there, havent seen any fans or been by there in a while. Running around the loop is very cool btw.

CN background check isnt that detailed. Now if you go to Metra or Amtrak, another story. I really dont think they will do more than see if you have a few tickets or an arrest record. Good luck!

Havent run one yet, but we used to beat them on the BN something fierce! I highly doubt they will be in any kind of "good condition"

We certainly are a different bunch ;) Great stories!! I like the Southern and your right GF, you dont hear much about her.I am a born and raised Rock Island Lines man!But I see a SD 40 in that Tuxedo scheme a bell on each end ( horns on each end too!) and I get weak in the knees. That has to be one ...

I need two small Hiawatha logos for my Jeep. Shes orange with a black top I figured it would be fitting. I do remember seeing the SD-40-2's with Hiawatha logos on the nose.Would loved to have seen what you designed happen Mitch.

You would be correct about Marquette Ia. being the crew change point. Also Spike is correct about the CB&Q Ottumwa jobs.Galesburg still has the pools set as Ottumwa East and Ottumwa West, even though they are all in the Burg now.

Just like Deval said. Are you applying ? I havent seen an opening for RTC< but I am sure with the moving of the GTW RTC's to Homewood we might see some.