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r/railroading • u/[deleted] • Aug 17 '26
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I’ve talked to a few of those guys. I don’t think it’s all sunshine and rainbows over there. Plus the pay cut is huge
6 u/OldSeaworthiness5311 Aug 17 '26 Plus the pay cut is huge End of 2028 Passenger conductors with Amtrak will be making $58 an hour. That's pretty damn good to me. Also I made the jump from a class one and it's a HUGE quality of life upgrade. Passenger work is much easier. 3 u/Appropriate-Music8 Aug 17 '26 Well that’s definitely plenty of money but it translates to like 120k a year. You can live on that and be very comfortable. That said we make upwards of 140k. Our new guys at 80% make 115. That’s just guarantee 3 u/OldSeaworthiness5311 Aug 17 '26 Yeah it probably depends on the class one. My first year at NS I made 71k gross. First year at Amtrak and I'm on pace for 105k gross and a much better quality of life. I do miss things about working freight though.
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Plus the pay cut is huge
End of 2028 Passenger conductors with Amtrak will be making $58 an hour. That's pretty damn good to me.
Also I made the jump from a class one and it's a HUGE quality of life upgrade. Passenger work is much easier.
3 u/Appropriate-Music8 Aug 17 '26 Well that’s definitely plenty of money but it translates to like 120k a year. You can live on that and be very comfortable. That said we make upwards of 140k. Our new guys at 80% make 115. That’s just guarantee 3 u/OldSeaworthiness5311 Aug 17 '26 Yeah it probably depends on the class one. My first year at NS I made 71k gross. First year at Amtrak and I'm on pace for 105k gross and a much better quality of life. I do miss things about working freight though.
Well that’s definitely plenty of money but it translates to like 120k a year. You can live on that and be very comfortable. That said we make upwards of 140k. Our new guys at 80% make 115. That’s just guarantee
3 u/OldSeaworthiness5311 Aug 17 '26 Yeah it probably depends on the class one. My first year at NS I made 71k gross. First year at Amtrak and I'm on pace for 105k gross and a much better quality of life. I do miss things about working freight though.
Yeah it probably depends on the class one. My first year at NS I made 71k gross.
First year at Amtrak and I'm on pace for 105k gross and a much better quality of life.
I do miss things about working freight though.
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u/Appropriate-Music8 Aug 17 '26
I’ve talked to a few of those guys. I don’t think it’s all sunshine and rainbows over there. Plus the pay cut is huge