illinois central cab ride on the fulton district

riding in the cab of an IC 2700 southbound on M334. MP337 "ripley, tn." to MP343.9 "henning, tn." with 115 cars and two 2700's. i was forced to this job for 5 months.

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• illinois
• central
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• fulton
• district
• cn
• canadian
• national
• tennessee
• dash

[TannerDalrymple224]

May i ask what you mean by "Forced"? do you mean like the IC forced you to work that subdivision or that particular train? because I've always wanted to work for the rairoad as a conductor and eventually a engineer, so if they hired me i dont think i would complain too much lol

[CNKILLERCLOWN]

@TannerDalrymple224 being forced to a job is where you are the low man on the pole you dont bid on the job but no one else does either and you get it because no one else wanted it. make no mistake that job paid some serious green, roughly 15K a month. the down side was you were at home maybe 30 hours in a 7 day period. money was great but when do you get some time for the family? that job SUCKED!!!

[skullcrusher301]

Are the controls on a CN dash 9 set up like standard dash 9 controls (like on a tabletop) of are the a panel (like gp38s)?

[CNKILLERCLOWN]

@skullcrusher301 they have conventional control stands with no computers. the pintos of the dash 9...

[camaroZL575]

how much money do engineers make weekly??

[CNKILLERCLOWN]

@camaroZL575 1780.00 a week on the GEB, most make more but you will never make less than that..

[BNforever2009]

Nice video. Always wanted to work for the railroad but that will never happen to me. The pay is great, dont get paid like that nowhere else. I would be working in Illinois, Ky, Wisconsin, anywhere in Canada too. Hey, make some more vids of your job, working other CN lines.

[JetMechMA]

I just thought of a flaw in the idea of switching the horns to the crossing.....you would lose the doppler affect nd the doppler afect gives speed and distance clues to the observer. Big drawback.

[JetMechMA]

Did you see that crazy animal at :09 seconds?

[Ejazz09]

Now that is a great idea man !

[idfsense]

@JetMechMA THE MOST SENSIBLE REMARK ON ALL OF YOU TUBE...IS ANYONE LISTENING?????

[kevingthompson13]

There is a big difference in being a "railfan" and a "railworker". In fact, if you go to work on a railroad as a fan, you will probably stop being one.Its the best and the worst of everything.In fact it becomes a wonder after only days that any of it works at all. It takes some dedicated, and some to dumb to quit people that makes this miracle.Finding rail jobs is not hard and they all pay well.They all are working hell...you EARN your money.I know many that are railworkers.I respect them much.

[redrock717]

@061369317 my dads the second oldest man from memphis to chattanooga he can pull some strings

[WisconsinCentralLtd]

@redrock717 Assuming you actually get hired. They don't just hand the jobs out to anyone. There seems to be a misconception with railfans assuming they WILL get hired out by the railroad.