Does not there exist a requirement that all people who drive a train have a license, and to get one don't you hve to have a drug check and a state and federal dirver's license check, go to school, take a test, and more? How do you get around this rule?
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We also rent several diesels, as Jack A.
> Siffert said. We have a Fairbanks Morse
> H-12-44, built in 1953, which is available
> to rent, as well as other diesels.

flimsies link works, too.

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utweyesguy@aol.com

Good luck with your program and I hope you survive all those bad puns the writer used in describing it. This brakeman's aching bones would like to learn how to "catch a break as a brakeman".

ryarger@rypn.org

Good luck with your program and I hope you manage to "innoculate" some trainees and convert them to working members! A day of honest to goodness train crew work beats any gym or exercise machine known to man.


lamontdc@adelphia.net

> Does not there exist a requirement that all
> people who drive a train have a license, and
> to get one don't you hve to have a drug
> check and a state and federal dirver's
> license check, go to school, take a test,
> and more? How do you get around this rule?

Generically speaking, Engineer for a Day participants are treated as Student Engineers for the purposes of the FRA, and the trips they make are training operations... The whole shebang is structured in such a way as to be exempt from the rules you are citing.

Most Engineer for a Day operations I've heard of have involved close consultation with the relevant FRA regional office to ensure that everything is to their satisfaction.

eledbetter@rypn.org