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If you work on the railroad how long do you have to be away at a time?

  • My boyfriend is graduating soon and going to work for the railroad. Just trying to get the specifics!

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    It's not as bad as a long haul trucker where they are gone for weeks at a time. Unless he is forced to an outlying terminal and has to change locations he can typically expect to be gone a day and a half to two days on a road trip. And like Andy says, home can vary from federal minimum of 10 hours to a bit longer. There is a definite downside but you can adapt, it will take some effort from both of you. Good Luck and congratulations on the job!

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Rango and Andy, being engineers on Class 1 railroads, are assuming you are talking about engineers (or conductors) jobs. However, there are many other jobs "on the railroad", so, if you want specifics, I suggest you BE specific. For example, track crew on a regional or shortline railroad may not necessarily need to be away overnight at all.

Steve Y

Wait and see.

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