Does anyone have info about available training for a recent HS grad who has some interest in the rails and an instinct to quit being poor. Person in question is my 17 year old grandson.
I have heard of NARS in Kansas City area and another in Georgia, south of Atlanta (McDonnough?) Do you have to be a NSC hire to go the GA school?
Any comments about any training source for a rail job?
Hire out on LAMCO and LAMCO sends him to McDonough. I never ever met any LAMCO hires who went to a NARS-type institution, whereas the East Coast competition, at one time, wanted only those people and my buddy in the next state south of you tells me how they messed with them after they hired them, to the point where they quit en masse.
My three cents wes; Tell him ta enlist in the Navy. Four years. Real training for a real world job. The railroads are all the same nowadays. They all stink.
Hook him up with this website, and let him ask a few real railroaders (Not Uke however!) about his particular area of interest.
Straightest answer, all railroad jobs are NOT created equal. There's more jobs besides engineers, and conductors, or anything akin to 'train service.'
But the same thing can be said for the military. Especially the Navy.
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Hmm. That address doesnt look right. It looks like the link pointing here was faulty.
We had a guy who was a Coast Guard retiree, he always spoke highly of the Coast Guard, now he's still working for LAMCO.
We also had a neighbor boy who joined the Coast Guard out of high school, he's become a lifer, he especially loved his duty in Hawaii and spent a good bit of time in FLA. However, his last duty station, last time I knew, was Maine, I think, somewhere it wasn't always so nice.
Wes.... NARS is expensive ($5,500 last I heard), but 2LARRCO does seem to give them preference for job interviews.... From what I've seen it does seem to get them a little head start into the training process also... most rails seem to scoff at it, but if he's serious it could be a legitimate option...
wes
