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rray
01-17-2009, 05:24 PM
Buddy of mine just got laid off. He's an engineer. TIA
silvercobra03
01-17-2009, 08:01 PM
Buddy of mine just got laid off. He's an engineer. TIA

I do not but always check on UP and BNSF sites no one seems to be hiring that I can tell. He got laid off or furlough?
rray
01-18-2009, 07:03 AM
[QUOTE=silvercobra03;5526450]I do not but always check on UP and BNSF sites no one seems to be hiring that I can tell. He got laid off or furlough?[/QUOTE

He got laid off. He was working full time for years as an engineer and the last year or so was on what he called an "away team" where they ship them off for months at a time.
primered_junk
02-06-2009, 11:51 AM
The rail industry sucks right now, I'm a certified brakeman/conductor and I got shipped off to the mechanical dept so they could keep me around. BNSF and UP both have hiring freezes.
Swag
02-09-2009, 07:42 PM
I'm a Trainmaster with BNSF. Extremely hard to get on, much less hold some of the boards right now.
Geor!
02-10-2009, 11:22 AM
Randall, get in touch with FreightTrain as well.

BTW, you guys still hiring at Siemens?
Fox466
02-11-2009, 07:18 PM
Speaking of trains, where the hell did traintrash go? Wasn't he crowing about how the railroad industry would never slow down?
silvercobra03
02-12-2009, 06:13 PM
The rail industry sucks right now, I'm a certified brakeman/conductor and I got shipped off to the mechanical dept so they could keep me around. BNSF and UP both have hiring freezes.

Actually bnsf just was hiring for signal apprentice I applied but did not get asked to the interview :(
rray
02-15-2009, 07:44 AM
Randall, get in touch with FreightTrain as well.

BTW, you guys still hiring at Siemens?



Thought you were working down the street with Craig? If we get the new contracts in March/April time frame we'll be hiring on.