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Thanks for the explanation. Seems the oral test was a lot less hassle!
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Railcar1 wrote:Thanks for the explanation. Seems the oral test was a lot less hassle!Most of the time you were then QFL, Qualified for Life, but the rule was one trip a year to maintain qualifications.
Railcar1 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 20, 2023 3:54 pmQualified is a large item to define. Includes qualifications for the specific job, engines, and sections of track that you are going to run. Different requirements by different railroads. In the context being discussed, it has a lot to do with the actual engineer being familiar with all the nuances (signals, track, crossings, etc) of a section of rail line so they are prepared to respond appropriately (when to slow down/stop/speed up or react to poor track conditions or just knowledgeable to handle specific emergencies that might occur along that specific line (known areas where pedestrians/trespassers might be considered a common event.AceMacSD wrote: ↑Mon Feb 20, 2023 11:48 amWhat does it take to be qualified on most railroads?Redfish wrote: ↑Sat Feb 18, 2023 1:29 pm The NS locals were based in Croxton or E-Rail and I don't remember any of the ex-Conrail guys who ended up on NS in North Jersey were ever qualified on the Southern Secondary. They may have been good to Browns Yard but that's it. Maybe they got Shared Assets guys to pilot them down.I knew a few guys who went to NS after the split. Most are gone now. Not sure if they were ever qualified down in those parts. But given the NS mentality, if you were piloted once, you were then qualified. Don't think it flies on NJ Transit though.
JohnFromJersey wrote: ↑Mon Feb 20, 2023 7:43 pmGuys retired, jobs were abolished. Some of the pre-Conrail guys had some cake jobs that did as little as possible and paid out the ears. The company had no problem seeing them gone.AceMacSD wrote: ↑Mon Feb 20, 2023 11:23 am There were a lot more jobs at Browns before the split.Was this due to NS and CSX deciding to do away with what I assume were jobs with smaller carloads, or was it a result of a change in the business environment of Central NJ at the time?