Mike Powell wrote to Al Kaiser Subject: Re: Hoboken Terminal NJ a   
      
    MP> Yes, I considered freight conductor's school many years ago.   
    MP> Sounded like they got stuck with a lot of the work the brakeman and   
    MP> fireman used to do (the parts that didn't involve steam). I   
    MP> probably was not cut out for it.   
      
   Destination America (HD), has or had a program called Railroad Alaska, and they   
   showed life on the railroad line.  Not an easy job for anyone.  Have not seen   
   it this year so maybe done for the series.  But yea the conductor on a freight   
   takes the job of the brakman, fireman and even is qualfied as the enginer if   
   necessary.  Trying to remember if it was the same program that showed the life   
   of the off gridders who live "way out there", with their only connection to   
   life being the railroad.  Many of them, (even some families), have to travel   
   many miles to even get to the railroad.  Some trains run both freight and   
   passenger cars.  But I may be thinking of two shows.   
      
   Another good one I've found on Public TV, (CPTV here), is something called   
   "Tracks Ahead" the viist all types of stuff, model railroaders, museums, short   
   lines great show.  In it's fouth year, I'm sorry I missed three years of it   
   done in great 5.1 digital sound.   
      
      
    -=>  Al Kaiser n1api@cox.net <=-   
      
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   Al Kaiser - Meriden, CT, 05-Oct-2016 at 6:35.   
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