Steve,
Being a mechanical engineer who shortly will have
finished my masters, what was your impression of
working for EMD ?
Also, what sort of work do the ME's working for the
railroads do ?
I worked for Pratt and Whitney for 2 years (they make
jet engines) so I am familiar with aerospace, but know
little about the inside of the modern railroad
industry.
Thanks.
-Steve
--- Stephen Craven <scraven@u...> wrote:
> The last couple of posts have not mentioned
> engineering so I'll add that
> area to the list. I had a coop or internship like
> position with EMD in
> LaGrange when I started engineering school. That
> was back in the 1980's
> when there was a little more going on there. There
> are certainly plenty of
> positions with the railroads for Electrical and
> Mechanical engineers.
>
> Also consider doing like I have and not working for
> a railroad itself but
> still in the industry. I work now for Wabtec
> Railway Electronics, on
> communications and signal related projects. I think
> its the best of both
> worlds. I work in the railroad industry, but don't
> have to put up with a
> lot of the issues that frustrate people actually
> working for the railroads.
> I work with railroad employees all over North
> America, from many different
> railroads rather than just one. For what I do an
> education in engineering
> or computer science would be good.
>
> Stephen Craven
> scraven@q...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ryhawk181@a... [mailto:Ryhawk181@a...]
> Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2001 12:35 AM
> To: BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [BRHSlist] RR Education
>
>
> Hello list,
> Being a junior in high school, it is that time in my
> life when I need to
> decide on a career. I have been interested in
> railroads all my life, and
> now that my brother is an intern at Chicago Transit
> Authority, I realized
> that I may want to work for a railroad in some way.
> I was wondering what
> kind of college education any of you rail employees
> would recomend, if any.
> Thank you,
> Ryan Gash
> Oak Park,IL
>
>
>
>
>
>
=====
-Steve Wintner
"well alas we've seen it all before
knights in armour, days of yore
the same old fears and the same old crimes
we haven't changed since ancient times"
-Dire Straits
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