I still use Sergent couplers. I converted a few cars and engines about five years ago, when I first discovered them. I liked them and finally took...
When I worked at the BNSF, I found that more than half the people I worked with had broken that six month rule, the way it is explained, and been...
I am interested in these. Count me in as number 3(?). (Yeah, can you believe we are still in single digits and I lost count! :rolleyes: ) I think...
Well, I wouldn't say I enjoyed it, but I enjoy the result! It took a long time to get it right, and loads of Micro Set to keep it from settling...
This is a project I completed last fall. I converted a Walthers baggage car into Union Pacific's museum car "Promontory." The car was originally a...
Congratulations! If they don't call right away or right when they said they will, don't be too alarmed. Sometimes the timetable the BNSF says it...
This is my favorite car, for now. I completed it recently with some decals I had found on eBay. I bought the decals actually before I bought the...
My layout is an L-shaped layout in a spare bedroom, which is approximately 12 feet by 12 feet. The layout itself is about two feet wide. Currently...
For the interview, as you know, safety and team work are what they are looking for. Also, the BNSF says, "every accident is preventable," just to...
While I cannot answer all of your specific questions, maybe I can provide some general information. I hired out with BNSF a few years ago in...
I made a comment about steel ties about a year ago to one of the Roadmasters around here, not knowing he was as opinionated about them as he is....
First of all, since it is your model railroad, the number of trains it would take before the railroad would consider such a project is entirely up...
Thanks for all the advice! I have looked at a few of the systems mentioned. The Railpro thing was interesting, and different, but as a few of...
I have been in Glendive almost a year, I moved here last February to start training with the railroad. I like it, it is a nice town, the only...
I have had a DCC system for some time, made by MRC, and I do like it, however it has recently started to wear out. The programming track has...
I work on the BN side, in Montana, and some days it seems they search the roundhouse for the oldest, noisiest, shakiest, rustiest engine, and put...
fireball_magee said it, safety safety safety. On paper, and in the interview, that's all they're interested in. If you can convince them that...
It has been a while since I have been to Billings actually. I did stop at Jim's Junction last time I was there, but I arrived about ten minutes...
I have a model railroad room, but since I only recently moved here, it is, unfortunately, railroadless. That is a project for this summer though,...
I've been a member of this forum for some time, however I have only recently become more active in it, and thought I ought to introduce myself a...
