I quit the restoration shop.

DaveBonds said

Yeah, I've got some better gigs in the barrel already.

This isn't new news to me, so I've been doing what I can to try and set things up.

I'm likely going to start working for the railroad as a locomotive mechanic. Railroad retirement is not taxed. I don't pay into SSI, I pay into rail retirement instead and I don't get penalized if I take my retirement out early, cuz it ain't gub'mint, because RXR>GOV and was firsties.

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Dave,

You better look into the RR Retirement a bit more. First off, RR Retirement pensions are paid by the government through the US Treasury. Secondly there is no such thing as collecting an early pension through RR Retirement other than a disability which you need 20 years service to qualify for. If you should happen to leave railroad service more than 18 months before your eligible retirement age which is currently 60 years old and with no less than 360 months of credited service, then you will only be eligible for retirement benefits through Social Security under their rules and regulations.