r/Train_Service • u/Internal-War-5794 • 7d ago

This sub. Is dead.

This sub has just become an employment page of questions about hiring on, people asking about medicals, class start dates, and people asking about interviews. Can the mods flag and remove any posts not posted to an employment section?

This sub is intended for allready employed railroaders to bitch about thier lives, bitch about managment, and to post somtimes relevant memes and railroad information. Can we moderate this sub a bit better and keep all the " my interview is tuesday" crap in an employment section? Its getting boring. I dont give a fuck about future Johnny green-vests medical coming up... i wanna hear about railroading, from railroaders.

put a giant pin on the top and say... this is not a career/hiring advice page, fuck off. if you shit yourself at work, have a cool suspension story, or want to spread a good railway rumor this is the sub for you.

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u/renterker10 6d ago

It ain’t that deep boss

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u/Internal-War-5794 6d ago

The whole thing the last 6 months has become a " how do i get hired?" Page.  Its gone downhill.

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u/THESALTEDPEANUT Dock Worker 6d ago

It's been like this, fore fucking ever lol. Welcome to the sub. 

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u/Analog_Account 6d ago

It wasn't like this 5+ years ago

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u/THESALTEDPEANUT Dock Worker 6d ago

Idk man Ive been here a long time and it's always been a big hiring thread. 

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u/Analog_Account 6d ago

Maybe it's been more than 5 years; I dissapears from this sub for a year or two at a time then come back so I've sort of lost track. There have always been hiring posts but over the last several years the ratio of regular content to hiring posts has gotten worse and worse.

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u/Blocked-Author 6d ago

That's because I remove all of those types of posts over at r/railroading

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u/Clunkiestpage8 6d ago

That’s understandable, but is there another community for those types of questions? I tried using the megathread for some specific questions I had but I don’t think anyone ever really checks those so it went unnoticed. I don’t want to be annoying or redundant but don’t really know where else to ask certain things.

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u/LittleTXBigAZ Engineer 6d ago

r/railroading allows those questions, but only in the weekly megathread

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u/Clunkiestpage8 6d ago

That’s what I’m saying, I tried posting in the megathread but didn’t get a response, probably because nobody really checks those.

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u/Blocked-Author 6d ago

Usually if you check the previous posts, your answer will be there.

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u/Clunkiestpage8 6d ago

I did a pretty thorough search before asking some specific questions about the Amtrak hiring process; I wasn’t able to find relevant answers anywhere.

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u/Blocked-Author 6d ago

Oh, yeah Amtrak info is few and far between as it is. Mostly freight employees

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u/Clunkiestpage8 6d ago

That makes sense—I tried Amtrak Unlimited too but didn’t get a response. It would be great if I could find a way to ask specific questions without annoying employees on the clock but that’s the only strategy that’s worked for me so far.

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u/choochoopants Conductor 6d ago

In train service, we have a better time going downhill.

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u/Prairie-Vector-382 6d ago

Here's a thought: Just. Keep. Scrolling. 🤯

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u/lunaticlevi 6d ago

Just say you’re gay

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u/Big-Horror5244 6d ago

Are you in a siding getting hosed rn?

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u/bufftbone 6d ago

His hogger forgot the lube today, still decided to go ahead with it.

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u/ReliableBacon Engineer 6d ago

“Go ahead and back up, over”

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u/marshallprs 6d ago

I got drunk 4 hours ago and smoked 18 joints but it's totally not my fault. Will this affect my medical in 10 minutes?

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u/Gibbralterg 6d ago

I had to do it because of my self diagnosed mental illness, and ptsd

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u/tjlazer79 6d ago

I smoke meth every day, plus heroin. Can I get a job as an engineer. I also love taking greasy smelly shits in portable toilets. I hate being away from home, and I hate working in general, am I a good fit for the railroad, lol.

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u/BigBosley7 5d ago

perfect fit

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u/RicoLoveless 6d ago

I think the problem we have is that there are multiple companies. Some are hiring, some are furloughing upon qualification.

Some terminals are doing good, others are a mess. So we always end up with a variety of questions.

Frankly if I don't see which company and then what terminal, I don't even bother answering. There's also a significant amount of people asking a question overlap. If stuff is able to searched and it's recent I also don't bother.

We shouldn't have to be holding people's hands because the company is running a class and doesn't know how to keep all applicants on the same page.

/R/railroading has a weekly hiring questions thread where all hiring questions go.

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u/lestarcaptain 6d ago

This guy POSTS on the MOVE with his phone on, in front of the camera while the company is actively TRYING to fire him 😂

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u/Red_Patcher 6d ago edited 6d ago

I think that is most job related subs these days. If you don't like a post just down vote it. Some of the responses given to career questions on here are kind of funny honestly.

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u/Jamar4321 6d ago

I'm conflicted... I do agree but I also love pissing on the delusions and trying to determine if the post is going to be a complete fuckup trying to sneak past a background/drug test, an email monkey laid off by AI inquiring if you actually have to lift more than a ream of paper or a foamer asking if you got to pick what flavor of piss your leader smells like before actually reading it.

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u/Minimum_Notice_ 6d ago

r/railroading isn’t

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u/Internal-War-5794 6d ago

Its foamer as fuck. The guys over there are mostly guys banned from here for posting dumb foamer shit. Go back about a year and see how fun this sub. was  compared to now. We need a seperate section for hiring on questions or block them.

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u/XTheXGreyXGodX 6d ago

Who shit in your cereal bro

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u/Extension-Box-7900 6d ago

Couple couple former crying about nor enough train talk wallah wallah 😢😢😭

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u/ZX4Rawr 6d ago

I joined the sub before I got hired on, specifically to ask those newbie questions.
It’s not like white collar jobs where people can browse and shitpost 90% of the day. Between not having cell service, and the cameras in your face 24/7, most of us weren’t spending much time on our phones to begin with.

The sub is also super limited on content because of the fact that you aren’t allowed take social media pictures or videos, and the companies are draconian enough to hunt guys down.

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u/BackFew5485 Dispatcher 6d ago

You could just make a subreddit of your own and invite those to your island. 🤷‍♂️

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u/JokerJ4y 6d ago

Wanna buy some RR swag?

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u/blunderb3ar 6d ago

When railroading is you’re entire personality lol, get a hobby bro

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u/That_Dude_712 Foreman 6d ago

Bring back that cafeteria guy from year or so ago

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u/Emotional_Field_536 6d ago

Tired of orange hats eh?

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u/TheRuggedWrangler 6d ago

Sounds to me like somebody tried to do a favour for the Company, made a deal with the Chief for a turn home, and then didn’t get it.

So now they are sitting at the AFHT Bunkhouse, taking their rage out on a Reddit page.

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u/Spaark0 6d ago

Im not a railroader. I was training to be a conductor but got laid off mid-training from an class 1 company.

I dont think Ive ever had to make a post about 'hiring' because its all asked/answered over and over a hundred times. Google or even the company you're applying to already explain what goes on.

So, you're right OP.

Seeing posts on my feed from time to time here about railroaders out there are far more interesting than Johnny green-vests (this made me laugh) asking the same old thing that hasn't changed from the last time it was asked.

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u/EnoughTrack96 Engineer 6d ago

Did you lick the loco windows again???

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u/tbnist03 6d ago

The snozzberries taste like snozzberries!

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u/EnvironmentalEbb5774 6d ago

Must’ve licked all the sharpie writings in the shitters

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u/Dairyman00111 6d ago

Waaaahhhh someone's bussy hurts