Carmans appren. the with Army? WOW! That's an odd way of doing things. Never thought about that route. He he he.
My Dad was an engineer with the LIRR. I went to go that route, but we had a talk. So I stayed as a cleaner (Coach) and waited. He told me it would be great for me, knowing me, he was dead balls on right. A deal with the union and carrier has coach cleaners going up to carmen automaticaly based on your time on the job.
I left the shops awhile back and now work local in a yard midnight inspecting testing repairing and taking cars out of service. Not a bad gig. Close to home.
I worked Desil for about 3 years in NYC and then went to class for the MU's. Been inspecting about a decade now.
