by gojoe19
I'm at the end of the conductor training program at NARS. I have three women in my class that have done just as well as any of the guys including the tasks at the yard. I can't speak to how well they do on the job when hired, but my current instructor is a woman who's railroad knowledge, and experience is very extensive and at the yard she called us men sissy's. She's been a conductor, engineer, trainmaster, and now an instructor. She not only instructs us, but tests current TY&E employees throughout BNSF. If you have the same level of commitment and abilities, there no reason you couldn't be successfull. Not to step on any toes, but to the other gentlemen who gave examples of why women aren't cut out for it, you can't tell me you haven't encountered just as many wimpy, lazy, or otherwise unfit men for the job.