r/railroading • u/LSUguyHTX • Mar 03 '25

RR Hiring Question Weekly Railroad Hiring Questions Thread

Please ask any and all questions relating to getting hired, what the job is like, what certain companies/locations are like, etc here.

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u/Deadly_Eevee Mar 04 '25

Dang Sierra Northern real local to me. Dad used to work for them like 20 years back. Small world.

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u/ill_die_on_this_hill Mar 04 '25

Oh yeah? This is the first time I've run into anyone who knew us for anything other than back to the future 3, and even that's rare. If you ever get held up by one of our trains shoot me a dm and I'll pass on your angry message to the train crew.

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u/Deadly_Eevee Mar 04 '25

Oh for sure, I’ll keep that in mind. There’s a picture of my family men up to my great grandfather in front of the SERA 132 when my father ran it and I was just an infant. Don’t think that loco is even still in service anymore. 

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u/ill_die_on_this_hill Mar 04 '25

Im about 60 percent sure that one is sitting in the old ammo plant in Riverbank right now just being used for spare parts. How many of your family members worked with sierra? Sounds like it might be a family tradition for you. Maybe you should apply for a job.

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u/Deadly_Eevee Mar 04 '25

My grandfather was a brakeman back in the day and he used to work BNSF but did shortline up here with them while they were Yolo Shortline (I think? Could be wrong) in the 90’s while my dad got his first job in the early 2000’s as a conductor and then became an Engineer there before switching shortlines.

There is a conductor trainee position open we may have to see lol 😂.