Hi Duane,
At the BNSF website you can choose Texas as the state you want
to apply for and when they have another opening they will email
you an invitation to an interview.
UP is hurting for people in Texas right now as well as California.
Here are two options for you:
Hire on anywhere with BNSF except for the following states which
are areas where you can not transfer to the other states without
losing your seniority: Montana, North Dakota, Washington, upper
parts of Wyoming.
Apply at very busy places like Alliance, Nebraska with BNSF and
then when your seniority can hold a spot in Houston you can
transfer to Houston.
The other option is to go the the BNSF sponsored school called the
National Academy of Railroad Sciences located at Johnson community
college in Overland Park, KS.
They will interview you at the end of the school and you have a
85-95% chance of getting a job right away with BNSF where ever
they need people.
Again you go and then can transfer to Houston later on.
Hope this helps.
Sean Martin
www.getarailroadjob.com