Union Pacific - Train Crew

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  • Informational video about a career in Transportation as a Train Crew employee at Union Pacific. Train Crew employees start as brakemen or switchmen, become conductors and can advance to becoming locomotive engineers.
    Interested in a career as Train Crew? Apply at UP.jobs.

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  • @mikeyb8313
    @mikeyb8313 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    “Just know when you’re furloughed you’re still working.” Pretty sure when I work I get a paycheck. Biggest down play of a furlough I have heard.

  • @jackshittle
    @jackshittle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Away from home 36 hours at a time. Missing your kids games, birthdays & holidays. Working in blizzard to scorching hot weather conditions. Never knowing if you're going to get called to work at any random time. Being furloughed is normal. First 5 years or so sucks, etc. Wow, sounds awfully tempting 😂

    • @absolutelynonameslef
      @absolutelynonameslef 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      If you make it 5yrs without being laid off...

    • @jackshittle
      @jackshittle 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@absolutelynonameslef Sounds like another one of those jobs that was really, really great at one point - but as time as passed on - has a become a shit job/company to rely on. Who knows? I can only go by watching videos/reading comments.

    • @brettbanta2100
      @brettbanta2100 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@jackshittleI think you're pretty spot on

    • @25mmapdst
      @25mmapdst 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It’s what you make of it. 12 years as a conductor so far. It’s definitely not for everyone. I enjoy the job. Make a lot of money with only high school diploma. Benefits are great, good retirement at the end. Takes care of my family very well. But yes definitely are negatives. Miss a lot of family things, holidays birthdays all true. Sucks when you lay down to sleep and the phone rings to get up and go to work. It is what it is though definitely not for everyone that’s for sure. It’s for me though I don’t mind most of it anyway

    • @pm8934
      @pm8934 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@25mmapdsti just got the offer. Anything I should prepare for or be aware of? I’ll be training out of chicago

  • @johnwheater3718
    @johnwheater3718 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    My father worked for 32 years. God bless you guys. I missed my Dad.

  • @akariel123
    @akariel123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    This sounds abusive towards employees. Without the union they'd be ground up by UP

  • @DCoombs928
    @DCoombs928 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    At first i had a dream to run the trains with the UP. But I attended trade school, obtained my associates in diesel technology. And a good thing i did because now i am working at a contractor shop on locomotives. 60 percent of our work comes from the UP if the local Fleet shop gets backlogged, we get that backlog. I knew multiple friends who work for the UP and they had given me 2 options personal life or the UPRR. I decided to go personal life and got a skilled trade learned. Yet getting educated in diesel tech, you can work on the railroad with a steady workflow and have a set shift 100 percent of the time

    • @joekillingsworth9002
      @joekillingsworth9002 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Let me guess no union & definitely no RxR retirement

    • @DCoombs928
      @DCoombs928 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@joekillingsworth9002 we are a union shop. No railroad retirment but we have a masive company 401k plan with a huge match

    • @gooddeal3186
      @gooddeal3186 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What school?

  • @michaelmccarthy4615
    @michaelmccarthy4615 5 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    This is a tight employment economy....2019.... can you imagine how employees will be treated in a recession???
    Not pretty at all...

    • @michaelmccarthy4615
      @michaelmccarthy4615 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      No could predict a pandemic.
      But its always something.
      Let's roll the dice on 2021 now....

    • @edithriley2277
      @edithriley2277 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      MASK AND VACCINE MANDATES IS CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION. FEAR THE LORD ONLY 😳😳😳💣

    • @trains2057
      @trains2057 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ughh I knew of the pandemic.Its called spars

    • @michaelmccarthy4615
      @michaelmccarthy4615 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      How's it looking in 2024 ?
      Stores closing and some layoffs. It's getting dicey

  • @2bjjones
    @2bjjones 6 ปีที่แล้ว +277

    Lucky for me I don't have a family.

    • @npk765fan
      @npk765fan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      2bjjones uuuummmm rip?

    • @tylam89
      @tylam89 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You have no mom

    • @2bjjones
      @2bjjones 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@tylam89 Wish I could say that.

    • @ruffian2952
      @ruffian2952 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hire out. You will never have a family.

    • @Pog_Pacer
      @Pog_Pacer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      That’s dark

  • @_cyan2742
    @_cyan2742 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    it's painfully honest, but it's an honest job and keeps america on the move, god bless you all who work for such an icon

  • @USA_djhiggi77
    @USA_djhiggi77 5 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    From an actually UP employee, I'm surprised at the level of honesty here.
    If you're looking to hire for the railroad, listen very closely to all the negatives, cuz theres a lot especially when you are new.
    Furloughes, bumps, being away from home, working odd hours and stress are just SOME of the negatives. Managers are always looking to fire you, the UP really doesnt give a single fuck about you. The unions seam like they are always making deals with UP for the benefit of UP and not their own people. Some of the people you work with are actual scum of the earth and will treat you like you're dirt, while others are some of the nicest people you will ever meet.
    You can make a lot of money yes, but it ain't free and to some people, the sacrifices they make outweigh the benefits in the end.
    Be safe out there.

    • @KCSM_1200
      @KCSM_1200 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Slick Daddy que dices pendejo es mejor ferromex y kcsm

    • @Landaux
      @Landaux 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This is exactly what it is I just worked as a YRT (limo driver) And got treated like a doormat just working not even a month and got a slug put in me and thrown in the dumpster just because I didn’t answer one page call that was put on my own personal pager instead of theirs of course this was back as you can guess in 1997

    • @veasg
      @veasg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@damonblankenship9450 wrong, you're over your Drail, so it takes a lot to get fired once youre promoted. Some real douche bags are still employed

    • @damonblankenship9450
      @damonblankenship9450 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@veasg I think I'm right.

    • @veasg
      @veasg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@damonblankenship9450 I've worked for the UP since 1994 and an engineer since 1996. I respect your confidence, but you're wrong.

  • @TravisCyprien
    @TravisCyprien 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Thank you for finally updating this. Now please update the online test to reflect the right position a person is applying for and not off the wall with other positions.

  • @FQP-7024
    @FQP-7024 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Somehow I am not convinced by this video like the amazon warehouse job video.

    • @LoveYourz375
      @LoveYourz375 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      😂😂😂

  • @JohnR.1968
    @JohnR.1968 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I'm glad they say it is not all glamous,alot of people go in thinking it's easy,it's NOT!! Do you're best!!good luck!!!

    • @veasg
      @veasg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The job is easy as shit. The hours are long as fuck!

    • @B10Mman
      @B10Mman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@veasg I agree with you to a point, if it was easy as shit every bastard would be doing it. But it's not and not everyone can do it. Usually its the hours that kill most newbies.

    • @veasg
      @veasg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@B10Mman true. It's the hours and being oncall 24/7. The work isn't hard, if it is then you're doing something wrong.

  • @mgamga9476
    @mgamga9476 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Just like my job. Seniority is everything. I used to say. "Seniority sucks when you have no Seniority". 16 yrs later I am a shop stewart and #1 in Seniority in my district. So hang in there you will get Seniority as time goes by. Union jobs are the best.

    • @comradeeverclear4063
      @comradeeverclear4063 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Not all of them. The post office fucking sucks. The union does absolutely nothing to discipline abusive managers.

    • @jamescooper3878
      @jamescooper3878 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm a union steelworker and we go by seniority.... Local 979

    • @studinthemaking
      @studinthemaking ปีที่แล้ว

      What if you die or retire before you get seniority?

    • @mgamga9476
      @mgamga9476 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@studinthemaking than you don't need to worry about it.

  • @SamuelSimmons-iw8jo
    @SamuelSimmons-iw8jo 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This is something I want to do. I want to give it a shot, I’m a student and graduating this year. I have always loved trains. 😊

  • @Rokdar1
    @Rokdar1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    After 20 years in the military I had ENOUGH of that type of life style no matter what it pays. DAMN THAT.

    • @michaelo1929
      @michaelo1929 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It's not for the weak, that's for sure.

    • @billmorris2613
      @billmorris2613 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Is this the Bill Johnson from Kentucky that ran our SPX-745?

    • @davidluster6877
      @davidluster6877 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah I was gonna say

    • @sanpablos39
      @sanpablos39 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@billmorris2613 go cards!

    • @billmorris2613
      @billmorris2613 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      sanpablos39 Not sure what your comment means?

  • @itzamadio34
    @itzamadio34 5 ปีที่แล้ว +132

    are they trying to deter people from applying? lol..

    • @indianatrainfan4280
      @indianatrainfan4280 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      mario mario Yes

    • @jasonking2943
      @jasonking2943 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Pretty honest video ..I've been a locomotive engineer 27 years. I could add more haha

    • @CSXT-8888
      @CSXT-8888 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Indiana Train Fan I Subbed!

    • @jcraigshelton
      @jcraigshelton 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      No. They just want you to know what you’re getting into. Some people are cut out to work for the railroad. Others should stick with Chipotle.

    • @wilber53
      @wilber53 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Did it for 37 years,they are speaking the truth! Be prepare to work anytime;days,nights,weekends,holidays,snowstorms,95 degree weather,kids birthdays,school functions etc! And don't forget you might be on a two hour call,phone rings and be at work in two hours,no matter what your plans are or what you are doing at the present time!

  • @likesanddislikesetc
    @likesanddislikesetc 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I did that for 10 years for UP. Very interesting career.

    • @transistor281
      @transistor281 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Same here I'm at 10 years now, you should get some rr retirement when you turn 60 I believe.

  • @bidenisatraitor7633
    @bidenisatraitor7633 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I quit csx after one run after the redi center...that place is so fucked up...got me a union trucking job. Life is grand!

  • @Kolacon1
    @Kolacon1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Retired conductor here, The RR is a very dangerous and stressful place to work. I would not recommend anyone taking this path. 30+ years with no pleasant experiences, only stress, harassment, and lack of sleep. You're better off driving a truck!

    • @Magaville
      @Magaville 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Ya I can verify that
      36 years

    • @derpcade
      @derpcade 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      "Stress, harassment, and lack of sleep."
      This sounds exactly like my life at the moment

    • @bluefire10169
      @bluefire10169 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No you’re not….

    • @Kolacon1
      @Kolacon1 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Not what?
      @@bluefire10169

  • @mangosaurusrex3416
    @mangosaurusrex3416 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    90 minutes? Damn imagine never being able to make plans or have a life outside of work. Fuck that, that sounds soul crushing. You’d pretty much have to have no social life to make it work.

    • @stephaniechavez3282
      @stephaniechavez3282 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      It really isn’t that bad

    • @creamythroat
      @creamythroat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      when your parents arent rich, and you have to make a life for your kids and your self, you gotta work a lot man. This generation wants to work 5 hours a week and get rich to go play all day. Don’t work that way bud ,

    • @DNDBOT
      @DNDBOT 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wonder if my ole arse cam jump on rail work from field network engineer . Worked just as weird hrs as RR workers, we get calls late night, early am, ontop of scheduled jobs then chill,, then job ,job, job traveling 🤔😁 ...

    • @Twizz993
      @Twizz993 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@creamythroat It do work that way if you go into the right field. And that can be done whether your parents are rich or not.

    • @illustriouschin
      @illustriouschin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      This is what all the self-made billionaires do. Work themselves into the grave for 45 years and then get a small loan of 3 million dollars and then it's all private jets, islands, and skyscrapers with your name on them.

  • @travisgoff99
    @travisgoff99 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    My dad was a engineer and my grandfather was a conductor for Union Pacific in Wyoming

  • @ALL-bj7mj
    @ALL-bj7mj 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    LOL!!! interviewed 13 times, brought them years of knowledge from the Illinois Central and Illinois Railway....im now a shareowner and my dividends are worth more than railway pay....

  • @mateocruz4219
    @mateocruz4219 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Im only 14 but have wanted to be a worker for union pacific my whole life

    • @DelmarLysolfan
      @DelmarLysolfan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Me too bro, let’s get furloughed 😂

    • @sebastianfuentes6721
      @sebastianfuentes6721 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@DelmarLysolfan same, we got a whole crew right here lmao

    • @thatoneguy611
      @thatoneguy611 ปีที่แล้ว

      Make that 4. See y’all next year

    • @BalloonBugle88
      @BalloonBugle88 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      you are 18 now. did you get the job yet?

  • @Trainman3985
    @Trainman3985 5 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Ever since I was a kid I dreamed of working for the railroad. I'm going to Become a locomotive engineer on Union Pacific one day.

    • @s1mplyevan461
      @s1mplyevan461 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Trainman3985 I Hope to become an engineer as well

    • @teddibiase5332
      @teddibiase5332 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      That's a really poor life choice

    • @sovietclient
      @sovietclient 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Ted Dibiase your comment is a very poor life choice

    • @J_Murda16
      @J_Murda16 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@teddibiase5332 so like does everybody have a price for the million dollar man?

    • @sasquatch5577
      @sasquatch5577 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@teddibiase5332 If it's someone's dream, it's a perfect life choice.

  • @saintsvisualz5700
    @saintsvisualz5700 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I want to work for them when i get old enough. Cant wait.

    • @whiteknightcat
      @whiteknightcat 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Once you get done with your video games, you might want to talk to actual or former employees before making that leap of faith.

    • @comradeeverclear4063
      @comradeeverclear4063 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @dayzodzn For the first 5y of owning your own business, you literally draw no profit. Making $50-$60k a year is a pretty good job.

    • @Joe-d7m6k
      @Joe-d7m6k 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That girl engineer-- is she the one that Shawn in Council Bluffs yelled at?????

  • @scottmarshall4996
    @scottmarshall4996 4 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    "...cannot be outsourced."
    Which is why they are pushing to have trains run themselves I suppose.

    • @llkjjjss
      @llkjjjss 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      That's not gonna work in dark territory what they are really pushing for is precision railroading with long ass trains

    • @Walkwith7
      @Walkwith7 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It wont work, especially for switching

    • @VikVaughan
      @VikVaughan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@llkjjjss Dark territory can be made light. In fact there won't be signals in the future. The technology to fully automate trains has existed for over 50 years. It's just a matter of cost and time. It is much easier to do this with trains than cars or trucks considering you have fixed rail paths and central communication rather than an "open" road system, and we are already heading there on the road. For trains, first it will be one-man crews, then full automation. There's a good chance some of the design and programming for such systems will be done abroad, so in a sense the railroad will be outsourced. It's sad, but it's the future... of everything.

    • @llkjjjss
      @llkjjjss 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@VikVaughan there is alot in the dark. I'm out here everyday my dude

    • @michaelo1929
      @michaelo1929 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Unfortunately, every time I heard people say, "it won't work", the railroad made it work. Look at F.R.E.D, distributed power, RCO. I've heard people say RCO technology will never work and look now. They are all over the yard. If they want something, they will achieve it. Somehow.

  • @JRLSprague3
    @JRLSprague3 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    "[Our retirement] they say is better than social security."
    Wow lol gee I hope so

    • @DeeFuego
      @DeeFuego 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Jordan Sprague 😂😂lmao

    • @JRLSprague3
      @JRLSprague3 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @MAC27 I would hope so. Saving pennies in a jar is better than ss.

    • @erict5234
      @erict5234 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      If you ask any railroader, they will tell you... the pension is the ONLY reason to work for a railroad!

  • @RoRo-kc8zv
    @RoRo-kc8zv 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    My grandpa worked on the railroad he made a lot of money but he had no life and many divorces.

  • @markbatarina4512
    @markbatarina4512 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I’m a first officer for Delta Airlines but trains do interest me.

    •  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Indulge in model railroading. You get the best of both worlds: flying an airplane and running trains they way YOU want to. And you remain clean.

  • @jaredklock8754
    @jaredklock8754 5 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    No one wear safety glasses and ear plugs on a daily bases.

    • @ralfie8801
      @ralfie8801 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Jared Klock
      You do when you work for the railroad. All day long, every day unless you're in an office or a vehicle with the windows closed.

    • @ralfie8801
      @ralfie8801 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Bill Perri
      It's not that loud all the time, but it can get loud before you know what happened. It doesn't matter though, it's a rule! Mechanical people wear hard hats, safety glasses, hearing protection, and steel toed lace up boots at all times unless in a designated non PPE area. Train crews wear a safety vest ( as do mechanical people working around live tracks ), safety glasses, hearing protection, and steel toed lace up boots. It's a critical rule violation to get caught without any one of those items while working.

    • @veasg
      @veasg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      'Real' employees aren't wearing all that shit. It's just for show in the video

    • @B10Mman
      @B10Mman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@veasg I work for the railway here in Australia and I never wear ear protection whilst driving a train. Most of our locomotives have cabs isolated from the frame and engine noise. I started as a level 2 assistant driver or conductor, then progressed to block school and driver under instruction and then driver or engineer. I've made $140k aud .oneyear. Usually I make around 100 to 120k per annum.

    • @veasg
      @veasg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@B10Mman I've worked for the Union Pacific since 1994 and have never worn any of that PPE other than a vest. Not even safety glasses

  • @joelvale3887
    @joelvale3887 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    While others risk their lives on the job, the pencil pushers get all the rewards.

  • @nathanfelix5638
    @nathanfelix5638 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What’s a paycheck look like though, if the pay justifies the hard work I’m all game

    • @25mfd
      @25mfd 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      well BNSF (BNSF/ATSF eastern western lines) at 100% pay, 6500 bucks/month in the yard
      smart009.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/July-1-2023-Rates-of-Pay.pdf

  • @B10Mman
    @B10Mman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The best part of working for the railway here in Australia is there is no furlough. We have rostered work and blank line or pencil working but no furlough. You can work as a casual and work when you wamt, this is mainly guys who are "semi retired" working for pocket money.

  • @scoobycarr5558
    @scoobycarr5558 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Currently I'm doing Union Pacific's former Southern Pacific in Oregon between Klamath Falls and Eugene with MSTS Train Simulator. Looks like a very dynamic railroad with a wide range of scenery between farmland and forest and twists and tunnels.

    • @chadspinalbosd007
      @chadspinalbosd007 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      How is it? Are the test im training hard? How are the furloughs?

    • @donstarr7261
      @donstarr7261 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ahhhh ask Fritz.

  • @DieselDucy
    @DieselDucy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    At least they give a somewhat honest description of the job. The railroads still suck as far as quality of life.

  • @samuelmccloud124
    @samuelmccloud124 5 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    Driving trains is "not for everybody" but neither is "working for a living".

    • @michaelo1929
      @michaelo1929 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Engineers don't "drive" trains. They "run" trains.

    • @linkfan95
      @linkfan95 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@michaelo1929 Always gotta be that one guy.

    • @thatoneguy611
      @thatoneguy611 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@michaelo1929 in other parts of the world they’re called drivers. So yes, they also drive trains.

  • @MoeketsiMokoena-bb7lh
    @MoeketsiMokoena-bb7lh 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was a train conductor (train assistant in my country) for 10 years here in South Africa, Transnet Freight Rail...I loved every moment of it...but it surely isn't something a person should do for a long period, you will be sick in you elderly days (most retirees don't live long). I'm still recovering from a lack of a healthy sleeping pattern, I am 34. In the time I was working the tracks, I studied towards being a mechanical engineering technologist...now I design locomotives and wagons, best time of my life behind the desk, working Creo Parametrics...The sound of the hooter still traumatizes me!

  • @marklambert9542
    @marklambert9542 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The company will never be lairs they will always take care of you best thing is they have sharp knives to stick you with so the pain can last for years

  • @jeremyhester2118
    @jeremyhester2118 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I would love to work on the railroad and I could be a conductor one day and I love trains

  • @jennifercarmack9398
    @jennifercarmack9398 6 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I start Sep 10th out of St. Louis Hub! Look forward to making a RailRoad career!

    • @armageddon1981
      @armageddon1981 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Do you go to villa grove or salem sometimes. I'm from the Chicago service unit

    • @amtrakisveryepic
      @amtrakisveryepic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Cool

    • @3006USMC
      @3006USMC 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Checkin in jennifer! Hows it going?

    • @kaibaCorpHQ
      @kaibaCorpHQ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@3006USMC it's either going really good because she doesn't have time to answer, or really bad because she isn't working anymore and doesn't want to say.

    • @3006USMC
      @3006USMC 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      KaibaCorp HQ -good point!

  • @Bootzey73
    @Bootzey73 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Oddest job I ever had....they hire you then try over and over to fire you.

  • @johnnieblack660
    @johnnieblack660 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    That's a good look for Kansas City Service Unit! You guys and girls are famous now

    • @ralfie8801
      @ralfie8801 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Black Lavender
      Not so much, the yard and the locomotive shop have been closed.

  • @Noblemarq12
    @Noblemarq12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Were not hiring 35 years ago sadly :-( now pushing 60, kinda hard to go into this line of work. So i'll stick with the postal service

  • @domtron8873
    @domtron8873 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    They won’t hire an educated mechanic with a medical background that will literally move thousands of miles away from home to get said entry-level job.

    • @bigeric8334
      @bigeric8334 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Because your background sounds sketchy

    • @ruffian2952
      @ruffian2952 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's a sign of the 'good' things to come your way...like a runaway boxcar.

    • @Louisianish
      @Louisianish 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It’s called over-qualification. They’re afraid you’ll demand they pay you more money for actually knowing your shit.

    • @comradeeverclear4063
      @comradeeverclear4063 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bruh they literally offered me a job, not once but TWICE and all I have is 3 years construction experience. So, they probably verified your work history and found out you're fos.

  • @daskriegsman7013
    @daskriegsman7013 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The only railway from steam era that still remains.

    • @fixedgearfever69
      @fixedgearfever69 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      A Spanish Inquisitor not true KCS is still in operation.

    • @bnsfrailfanningproductions9858
      @bnsfrailfanningproductions9858 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      NS and KCS are still around

    • @McCracken_9
      @McCracken_9 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@bnsfrailfanningproductions9858 i dont recall ever seeing a NS steam locomotive only NW

    • @tommytruth7595
      @tommytruth7595 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@bnsfrailfanningproductions9858 He means with the same name.

    • @ralfie8801
      @ralfie8801 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tommy Truth
      There was no NS during the the steam era, it was the N&W, the other one in the name was the Southern.

  • @railfanmaximstill7279
    @railfanmaximstill7279 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Both of my Geandfathers Worked for the UP Micheal Still in the 1970s
    Victor Kovanda 19??
    You guys are a great company

  • @stock7185
    @stock7185 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I had a genuine interest in becoming a conductor and this video really put me off. The whole segment where they basically said "this is gonna suck and that is gonna suck though" just sealed the deal to not pursue it. Any promotional thing that gives you warnings about it probably means it's going to be a lot worse than what they're saying

    • @linkfan95
      @linkfan95 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Atleast they’re honest. Watch the one about the CSX conductor, nothing but a bunch of under the sheet lies.

    • @ashleymarie6682
      @ashleymarie6682 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Well they’re just being honest.

    • @derpcade
      @derpcade 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@linkfan95 If I ever go into the railway industry, I'm gonna avoid CSX like the goddamn plague.

    • @Patrick.Weightman
      @Patrick.Weightman ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@derpcade Avoid UPRR while you're at it too. Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern and CSX are the top 3 worst companies to work for - and consistently so. Not even joking, you can google it yourself
      That said, BNSF has loads of troubles too; mostly with their union.

    • @brettbanta2100
      @brettbanta2100 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Lol, yeah, the video is like, "working here really sucks and you'll have no free time or a life for at least five years." Sweet, where do I sign up?? No thanks

  • @jacobw446
    @jacobw446 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    "Here I have a career"... 30% no longer do! They were all fired in the past 5 years. Railroads served Unions notice that in next 10 years, they want to do away with 85% of the conductors!

  • @danielgouws1470
    @danielgouws1470 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You people are lucky to work for a company like that it doesn't work like that in the panana Rupebliek of South Africa.

  • @Darryl6636
    @Darryl6636 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Railroading is a tough life no doubt about it but the pay is good I should know I’m starting my 37th year and plan to go 3 more I’m shooting for 40 years service

  • @vangel7779
    @vangel7779 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Former employee at union pacific ...the training has been horrible since covid.someone just recently died at the company due to lack of training .instead of u getting a furlough they just fire u for breaking 12 critical rules. If u are married be careful many employees are divorced because of long hours. Only thing good right now is the money and benefits

  • @therealdark1808
    @therealdark1808 6 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    I start the 6th of Aug. I can't wait!!

    • @mslikenootha
      @mslikenootha 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Andre Fennell I Applied almost 2 weeks ago in Nevada, just waiting for something to happen 🙏🏾

    • @briankostka6247
      @briankostka6247 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Good to hear that man I think I remember you and the interviews is your training class in Boone

    • @therealdark1808
      @therealdark1808 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yep it is! Did you make it too? What is or was your start date?

    • @demauriaedemus8174
      @demauriaedemus8174 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Good stuff.. I start Aug 6th also. I'm out of Oakland yard though..

    • @mathewnitkiewicz5975
      @mathewnitkiewicz5975 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Congratulations! Can I ask what experience you have?

  • @vontanextdoor9267
    @vontanextdoor9267 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just got a job offer today after trying for months to get on, PRAYING I get the job !

    • @ladycarter10ful
      @ladycarter10ful ปีที่แล้ว

      I have to do the video interview. What kind of questions do they ask?

    • @darrenhaverlock7025
      @darrenhaverlock7025 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@ladycarter10fulThey ask you what's your education, work history, experience with tools, motorized equipment
      They ask about your experience working different schedules and outside in the elements, they also ask about how you handle work situations.,

  • @gamerwill2604
    @gamerwill2604 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I really like trains and also I want to work for the Union Pacific when I grow up

  • @MrLunchHour2
    @MrLunchHour2 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    And they just announced a 75% employee layoff

  • @relaxinmaxin7246
    @relaxinmaxin7246 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    There are really only two positions in life; at work making money, or away from work spending money. Why not work for this company and make a very good wage so when you do have time at home, you have enough money to enjoy yourself? It definitely helps if your single or your children are grown.

    • @rowdyrobbyrider4226
      @rowdyrobbyrider4226 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      There’s a lot more to life than making and spending money

    • @relaxinmaxin7246
      @relaxinmaxin7246 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@rowdyrobbyrider4226 really? What can you do in todays world without money?

    • @relaxinmaxin7246
      @relaxinmaxin7246 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@rowdyrobbyrider4226 Then go do it and stop talking.

    • @edithriley2277
      @edithriley2277 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      😳MASK AND VACCINE MANDATES IS CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION

  • @mrrobertwolfiii1079
    @mrrobertwolfiii1079 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for making history with America

  • @Dachamp2001
    @Dachamp2001 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    23 states ain't whole lot js🤷‍♂️ and brakeman rarely ever used anymore.

    • @whiteknightcat
      @whiteknightcat 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Twenty-three states is almost half the country. How many states do you think there are? And brakemen/switchmen work in yards.

    • @Dachamp2001
      @Dachamp2001 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@whiteknightcat I'm saying the UP is the oldest RR in the country they should run over 25 states BNSF is bigger and runs more states then the grandfather RR (UP)

    • @whiteknightcat
      @whiteknightcat 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Dachamp2001 Where they operate now is a direct result of the mergers that created the companies of today. BNSF was the result of a megamerger that united the northern and southern US west of the Mississippi. UP's absorptions were more linear or parallel, from WP and SP in the west to MP and CNW to the east.

  • @northstarstatepolitics1652
    @northstarstatepolitics1652 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    "America's biggest railroad" Cough BNSF Cough is Cough Bigger COUGH COUGH.

    • @blueringedoctopus4778
      @blueringedoctopus4778 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Actually, no.

    • @teddibiase5332
      @teddibiase5332 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Actually Yes. BNSF has more track , more cars and does more business. Take your stupid elsewhere

    • @northstarstatepolitics1652
      @northstarstatepolitics1652 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@blueringedoctopus4778 What Ted Said.

    • @iainmillar1532
      @iainmillar1532 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Where did they say biggest? They said most iconic.... I’m not from the USA an I’ve heard of UP.

    • @alexsheppard8331
      @alexsheppard8331 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@teddibiase5332 Not true

  • @tylercorbin8073
    @tylercorbin8073 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    0:03 On track, is that supposed to be a pun

  • @tjpj988
    @tjpj988 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Its not for everyone just Give it a try and see.YEEEUH OK GOOD LUCK . Working foe the railroad is a rare opportunity. If you get chosen. Very hard to get on any rr

    • @skyking6989
      @skyking6989 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Took me over 30x applying to get a railroad job

  • @jesusgomez492
    @jesusgomez492 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That is interesting working ar the Union Pacific trains.

  • @rippen1982
    @rippen1982 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Got offered a job two years ago and turned it down.. THANK GOD I dodged that bullet. I remember during the interview the guy says.. "A lot if the old school guys may cut corners or try to do stuff thats unsafe. Part of your job is to call them out or report safety violations".. How backwards is that shit? PASS and afterwards the more I see about the RR the more shitty it seems. My dad worked for BN in the 80s. I had dreamed of working the RR but again, glad I didnt..

  • @tinocardinale6843
    @tinocardinale6843 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love 💓 being a train driver

  • @thelastname2k
    @thelastname2k 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That's right it's not for everybody, your life becomes the railroad and you won't have a life outside of the railroad.... The heat and cold is ok, it's the nights out of bed that are the killer...

  • @OklahomaRailfan_Productions
    @OklahomaRailfan_Productions 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I really want to work here but in NE Oklahoma only though.

  • @jeromecabral8440
    @jeromecabral8440 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I have lived by train tracks all my life. This would be a great job I would have.

  • @ClinchfieldRailfan921
    @ClinchfieldRailfan921 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I don’t pull as much cargo as U Union Pacific. But my friend kendo. Did that one time!!. Don’t tell other railroads this.

  • @KSE828
    @KSE828 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    “Union Pacific is a union company, and employees pay union dues.” No thanks. I prefer not to be forced to part with my hard earned money for something I didn’t want in the first place.

    • @tommytruth7595
      @tommytruth7595 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Management would treat you even more as a pos without the union.

    • @daniellelynn4957
      @daniellelynn4957 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@tommytruth7595 Absolutely! Anybody that joins the railroad you need the Union trust me!

    • @WAL_DC-6B
      @WAL_DC-6B 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Well if you don't want medical insurance, no seniority, no pay increases, a safe work environment , no representation in the event the railroad unfairly fires you and a good pension you can live on beyond age 60 with 30 years service, then go for the employment that lacks these qualities. Try Walmart if you haven't already!

    • @Venomous-n7j
      @Venomous-n7j 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@daniellelynn4957 not for a short line.

    • @daniellelynn4957
      @daniellelynn4957 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Venomous-n7j True but don't think short lines treat their people like shit either. I don't think they hike a few miles through heavy brush in the wee hours of the night in the middle of nowhere trying to find something to fire you over.

  • @RailroadEnthusiastJasemDeSkot
    @RailroadEnthusiastJasemDeSkot 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Am a train crew back here in Kenya.. So interesting to work on railroad.... Wish I could get to work for UP

  • @traveltheworld5774
    @traveltheworld5774 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I have my application just about done for Cheyenne Wyoming. Hope I can get in.

    • @boplatt2564
      @boplatt2564 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hey cheyenne? Thats where Im gonna apply. Did you get in?

  • @DJclonk
    @DJclonk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm about to fly from the UK to the US just to get a job with UP

  • @bradparker2181
    @bradparker2181 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I don't have anyone so it'll be perfect for me after school

  • @lindsayhengehold5341
    @lindsayhengehold5341 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love Union Pacific!

  • @tommytruth7595
    @tommytruth7595 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm surprised the P.C. goofy UP management doesn't say "brakeperson" or "switchperson" today.

  • @michaell2168
    @michaell2168 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    At least they're being honest.

  • @samuelt3236
    @samuelt3236 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Accept applications from Knoxville, or do I have to join Norfolk Southern?

    • @UPJobs
      @UPJobs  4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      We currently do not have locations in Knoxville, but you can apply at locations as close as Memphis and all over the Western US.

    • @fstwrtr
      @fstwrtr 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Did you try Norfolk-nWay? ;-)

  • @Nygge1982
    @Nygge1982 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    RIP Hobo Stobe.

    • @Billy_Darley
      @Billy_Darley 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      what? he died?

    • @Billy_Darley
      @Billy_Darley 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@animalmother9339 thats about all i keep hearing and reading in the comments. backpack, amtrak, and now bridge. a picture is slowly forming but its pretty vague.

    • @fixedgearfever69
      @fixedgearfever69 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Billy Darley The Baltimore police haven’t completed the investigation from my understanding... He may have fallen off a bridge... his body wasn’t mangled... Amtrak engineer spotted his body along side the tracks.

  • @MetraUPWRailfanner
    @MetraUPWRailfanner 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'll operate Union Pacific when me 30 years old... on 2040

  • @michael2244
    @michael2244 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I thought BNSF was the biggest company

    • @teddibiase5332
      @teddibiase5332 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      it is

    • @jacobw446
      @jacobw446 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      UP is... but they have cut so many employees, that they are closer to BNSF in amount of manpower. UP has more track...

  • @dlayton4338
    @dlayton4338 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Triboss by favorite tray company of the ten of the train jobs is Union Pacific and I want to work for this job yes when I am a dead I work my job once I get old enough

  • @kofigh9980
    @kofigh9980 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What’s the starting hourly pay?

  • @philipwilson867
    @philipwilson867 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Ok you got the job. Years trying to build seniority. Many days layed off . Away from home always. Cheep motel rooms. Payday to payday for most. Ok y make engineer. On call 24/7 up days and nights. Dangerous lonely yards. Always under some manager new old ? Ego?
    Yeah.. ok it’s got the good points to that stuff you’re going to get in the videos . But you should get the bad stuff to don’t you think. When you retire what else can you do after all not much calling for a retired locomotive engineer. I know because I am one 44 years Uprr.. best wishes

  • @CSXT-8888
    @CSXT-8888 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When I grow up I will work at this..

  • @fluffnose3386
    @fluffnose3386 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Man would I love to work on the railroad...hope it doesn’t change too much by the time I’m old enough!

    • @tinicoleofficial
      @tinicoleofficial 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Are you old enough now?

    • @fluffnose3386
      @fluffnose3386 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tinicoleofficial I’m 18 now! Technically yes, but I think they’d rather hire someone with more experience.

    • @JStock1032
      @JStock1032 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@fluffnose3386 Well, the fact that you used the words "I think"....maybe the railroad isn't for you lol. They don't pay people to think.

    • @matthewwillis2135
      @matthewwillis2135 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @JStock1032 doubt you know much about the railroad based on that comment or your one of those miserable people who sold their whole lives to the railroad and have nothing outside of it

    • @matthewwillis2135
      @matthewwillis2135 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @fluffnose3386 don’t need railroad experience one thing I do recommend before applying is getting good with tools and being mechanical trains are very simple but dangerous so get into diesel first maybe for trade school or even just automotive get familiar with lots of different tools and give it a shot

  • @hambonelet
    @hambonelet 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love you Union Pacific

  • @UserFormerRailfan
    @UserFormerRailfan 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    As a current railfanner and future crew member for the Harvard subdivision, it feels nice to give railfans hornshows and yell at treaspassers on a daily basis

  • @thebritishmafia5029
    @thebritishmafia5029 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is literally every railroad company guys.

  • @terrycormier5492
    @terrycormier5492 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That is freight hauling at it's best nice work gang

  • @tomtom1484
    @tomtom1484 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    And unless your daddy, his daddy, your great grand daddy, and great, great grand daddy worked for the railroad, you can forget about ever being hired.

    • @truss6282
      @truss6282 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not the way it is anymore. If you can pass the drug test and can read 3 sentences, you're qualified. Highball!!!

    • @PsychoManiac110
      @PsychoManiac110 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@truss6282 you have to pass the test about your self first

    • @brfts2001
      @brfts2001 ปีที่แล้ว

      @tomtom1484 Not like that now! They can't find enough workers. PSR has killed the industry. Great for shareholders, very bad for Joe conductor/engineer!

  • @armageddon1981
    @armageddon1981 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Chicago Service Unit,Road Conductor,East/West

    • @turtledude553
      @turtledude553 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I tested...what now?

    • @armageddon1981
      @armageddon1981 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@turtledude553 you'll be receiving an email to be invited to a hiring session.

    • @loothak
      @loothak 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Aubry...?

    • @armageddon1981
      @armageddon1981 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@loothak you are?

  • @samuelmccloud124
    @samuelmccloud124 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I thought modern locomotives had those nice cozy air conditioners and cab heaters!

  • @t.t.6398
    @t.t.6398 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    #1 in safety? Ummmm.... not really. The ONLY winner of the Herriman award the entire time it was in existence was Norfolk Southern. UP and BNSF battled for #2 while CSX usually brought up the rear.

  • @robmoir7524
    @robmoir7524 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I M WILD OVER WOMEN TRAIN DRIVERS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE OF THEM

  • @sandipanchowdhury4236
    @sandipanchowdhury4236 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey, I'm from India and want to join your railroad to switch my country and start a new career & living in USA.
    I didn't hold a work permit visa for USA. Can anyone please help me regarding this?

  • @TestTest-fm2cu
    @TestTest-fm2cu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I’ve applied to UP and BNSF a combined total of 24 times and haven’t been invited to interview once. I’ve got no criminal record, don’t do drugs, work hard, am willing to travel, and want a career not just a job. I’ve applied for shop positions, train crew and transportation careers. I’ve called HR to get any tips or insight on what I should do better during the application process with no avail. I see railroads offering huge sign on bonuses to get people to sign up but still get turned down. Any tips on applying from the UPRR TH-cam channel?

    • @tommytruth7595
      @tommytruth7595 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      You have to be a minority or a female so they can hire you and brag how "diverse" they are.

    • @fatwalletboy2
      @fatwalletboy2 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Tommy hit the nail on the head......inclusion and diversity is now one big brand new bullshit sector of many corporates to brag about how inclusive a company they are......
      It should be down to can you do the work well. Not making up the numbers.

    • @unclestan7139
      @unclestan7139 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      From the railroad employees that I've talked to over the years, and from what I've read online, I would say at least 50% (maybe even 2/3?) of the people they hire have friends or family that got them in the door. I've applied at many points throughout my life and the excuse I've gotten is that I have no railroad experience.

    • @rack_9
      @rack_9 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You got to realize the Railroad wont call you right away and it may take a while for them to get in contact with you

    • @criminal268
      @criminal268 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Now I know why there labor shortage

  • @jmartin5383
    @jmartin5383 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love it here!!

  • @Gonzo26ish
    @Gonzo26ish ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was on call for 9years

  • @jed3443
    @jed3443 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very informative

  • @triforcexxx305
    @triforcexxx305 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’ve applied and Qualified to work didn’t get in my friend that’s never worked a day in his life got in makes no sense to me