I think the only things I learned on my unpaid internship ("student trips")
were how to couple hoses, turn on the air, look for some kind of fire behind
you in the night (on 11811), where Eola was, and how to get to Clyde roundhouse.
The rest of my RR education was by (sometimes) painful trial and error with a
lot of frustration, confusion, inefficiency, and dodging thrown lanterns.
I sometimes am amazed looking back that I stayed there. But there was something
about it.....
Doug
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The "dazed and confused" condition I was in wasn't that unique. Others rode 811
at that time. As I remember it, there was a big hiring surge I was in the
middle of. They wanted you checked out quickly.
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Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 19:19:40
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Student trip on 11811?!?! And after working earlier in the day ! Wonder what
somebody was thinking when they set that up.
Talk about being underfoot......good thing you didn't end up underground
Leo
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> On May 19, 2014, at 7:07 PM, "dhartman@mchsi.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
> wrote:
>
> Leo, I agree. But mine were day Mail (Ripper wasn't crazy about having
> students under foot) then 11811 that night! Talk about a real intro to life
> on the X list. I remember being completely lost and confused the whole night.
> Didn't learn much. Might have had an Eola shift too - don't remember.
>
> However, that was brakeman in 73. When I went into engine service, Ritli just
> said "do 2 trips on a dinky and make sure you learn how to start the aux
> motor." And that "student experience" wasn't because I was an Aurora
> brakeman. A same day hire from elsewhere (track in Nebraska I think) did the
> same. Being more clued-in, I did manage to finish first and mark up first :)
>
> Doug
>
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> From: "Leo qutlx1@aol.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
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> Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 18:39:59 -0500
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> Subject: [CBQ] Student Trips
>
>
> I just finished reading the student trip piece from the 2014 summer issue of
> Classic Trains.
>
> Doug and others will you refresh my memory about those unpaid student trips ?
>
> While the guy in the article basically just goes out and gets on engines more
> or less at random; as I recall; weren't we assigned certain jobs and days to
> make student trips ?
>
> If my memory is correct I went on the Irish Mail one day and a 4 o'clock
> switch at Eola another.
> I don't recall any beyond that. Once completed I was marked up at the callers
> office and seniority started with that first paid trip.
>
> Leo
>
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