Working for Shared Assets

[joe741]

Could someone tell me what it's like working as a trainman for shared assets in South Jersey? What is the pay like, overtime, hours, and anything else you might want to share. Thanks for any and all information. Take care!

[CSX Conductor]

Joe, welcome to the site. Perhaps you may have better luck asking this in the Employment forum.

[keeper1616]

good idea - wish I had thought of that - **poof** - so moved

[joe741]

Thanks CSX conductor and keeper1616.

[Grump]

Its not bad. Home every night(or day). Of course, who knows once CSX and NS do their inevitable final swallowing. Then it'll likely be the road unless there is some sort of "prior rights" crap drafted thats highly unlikely.

[zoomdude]

working for SAA is great i think. Im home every night, make decent pay and usually get early quits. managment is really relaxed as well, there very good ppl to work for. anything else u wanna know im me

[UPRR engineer]

From: http://www.answers.com/topic/conrail-sh ... operations

Conrail Shared Assets Operations (AAR reporting mark CSAO) is an American railroad company. It operates three networks - the North Jersey, South Jersey/Philadelphia, and Detroit Shared Assets Areas, where it serves as a local carrier and switching company for CSX Transportation and the Norfolk Southern Railway. When most of the former Conrail's track was split between these two railroads, the three shared assets areas were kept separate to avoid giving one railroad an advantage in those areas.
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What is it? Shortline? Third party switching?

[thebigc]

From: http://www.answers.com/topic/conrail-sh ... operations

Conrail Shared Assets Operations (AAR reporting mark CSAO) is an American railroad company. It operates three networks - the North Jersey, South Jersey/Philadelphia, and Detroit Shared Assets Areas, where it serves as a local carrier and switching company for CSX Transportation and the Norfolk Southern Railway. When most of the former Conrail's track was split between these two railroads, the three shared assets areas were kept separate to avoid giving one railroad an advantage in those areas.
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What is it? Shortline? Third party switching?

In the North Jersey area, Conrail had consolidated all of its class work to Oak Island yard. So basically it was the only sizeable yard for miles and with the split, both CSX and NS needed yarding capacity. So shared assets was created and operates the yards and some main line trackage in North Jersey, Philly and the Detroit area.

In a nutshell.