hello, i am a british train driver thinking about working and living in the u.s. i drive high speed trains into london every day,and i want to know if there are employment opportunities in the u.s. for qualified drivers.i have never travelled in the u.s. although i visited when i was in the military-can anyone help to point me in the right direction
Amtrak is in need of engineers in several locations threw out the US. I guess I would try and contact Amtrak to find out how to get hired.
Welcome to TrainBoard, samlaurence. Hope you enjoy your many visits here. Word is that Guilford will be hiring for various locations during the next few months or so. While you couldn't consider them as "high speed", they are a very interesting operation. Below is a link for them. Good luck, and keep us posted as to how you make out in your search. Bill Guilford Rail System (Link)
Sam, welcome to Trainboard. It's not passenger service, nor driving, but Union Pacific is hiring conductors. I don't remember where I saw this but it may have been on altamontpress.com.
There is a place on the UP web site with the infomation on employment. They need about 1000 conductors and after a year or two you can be promoted to engineer. I think the web site is www.uprr.com but not sure.
thanks to all you guys and gals out there who have responded to my query on employment. respectfully,russ [ 13. January 2004, 12:36: Message edited by: samlaurence ]
Most RRs in the US require you to start as a conductor then move up to engineer. The western RRs, BNSF & UP, are hiring now. You might try CSX & NS. Both BNSF & UP have web sites w/ employment info. You'll have to start out as a conductor then become an engineer. UP is saying you can be one w/in a year. You'd be starting around $13.50? & working the extra board as in working 24/7/365. You'll have to go thru both their conductor AND engineer training. Know of one of you English "drivers" working for BNSF at Hobart Yard in LA. He's still a conductor after 3 plus years. Good luck
