What's it Like to be A-- Railroad Worker

What's it Like to be A-- Railroad Worker
Author: Morgan Matthews
Publisher:
Total Pages: 36
Release: 1990
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780816718160

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Describes the jobs of a variety of people involved in railroad work, including the conductor, engineer, and brakeman.

Working on the Railroad

Working on the Railroad
Author: Brian Solomon
Publisher:
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2001
Genre: Law firms
ISBN: 9781610600149

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The Railroad Worker

The Railroad Worker
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 590
Release: 1914
Genre: Railroads
ISBN:

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The Railroad Worker

The Railroad Worker
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1266
Release: 1911
Genre: Labor unions
ISBN:

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Boomer

Boomer
Author: Linda Grant Niemann
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2011-04-07
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 0253001358

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“A fascinating mix of fact, history, self-confession, self-accusation, and self-forgiveness—a diary of both emotional relationships and travel.” —Pasatiempo This classic account of self-discovery and railroad life describes Linda Grant Niemann’s travels as an itinerant brakeman on the Southern Pacific. Boomer combines travelogue, Wild West adventure, sexual memoir, and closely observed ethnography. A Berkeley Ph.D., Niemann turned her back on academia and set out to master the craft of railroad brakeman, beginning a journey of sexual and subcultural exploration and traveling down a path toward recovery from alcoholism. In honest, clean prose, Niemann treks off the beaten path and into the forgotten places along the rail lines, finding true American characters with colorful pasts—and her true self as well. “Ma[kes] the railroad experience come alive with all its grit, danger, romance, and general outrageousness . . . Possibly the finest book I’ve ever read about the actual experience of working on the railroad.” —Trains Magazine “Niemann has a taut, lyrically restrained but vividly descriptive style, with an observational vigilance befitting a brakeman’s mindset, and her narrative clips along like a boxcar rolling through the yard.” —Bloom Magazine “A remarkable adventure tale, the occupational odyssey of the Ph.D. in literature who immerses herself in blue-collar America.” —Library Journal

Traqueros

Traqueros
Author: Jeffrey Marcos Garcilazo
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2012
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 157441464X

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Perhaps no other industrial technology changed the course of Mexican history in the United States--and Mexico--than did the coming of the railroads. Tens of thousands of Mexicans worked for the railroads in the United States, especially in the Southwest and Midwest. Construction crews soon became railroad workers proper, along with maintenance crews later. Extensive Mexican American settlements appeared throughout the lower and upper Midwest as the result of the railroad. The substantial Mexican American populations in these regions today are largely attributable to 19th- and 20th-century railroad work. Only agricultural work surpassed railroad work in terms of employment of Mexicans. The full history of Mexican American railroad labor and settlement in the United States had not been told, however, until Jeffrey Marcos Garcílazo's groundbreaking research in Traqueros. Garcílazo mined numerous archives and other sources to provide the first and only comprehensive history of Mexican railroad workers across the United States, with particular attention to the Midwest. He first explores the origins and process of Mexican labor recruitment and immigration and then describes the areas of work performed. He reconstructs the workers' daily lives and explores not only what the workers did on the job but also what they did at home and how they accommodated and/or resisted Americanization. Boxcar communities, strike organizations, and "traquero culture" finally receive historical acknowledgment. Integral to his study is the importance of family settlement in shaping working class communities and consciousness throughout the Midwest.

Railroad Worker

Railroad Worker
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 654
Release: 1915
Genre:
ISBN:

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Railroad Jobs Guide

Railroad Jobs Guide
Author: Sean Martin
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-06-30
Genre:
ISBN:

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Railroad Conductor gives inside look at Railroad jobs and how to get one... You see I endured more than one interview session with the railroad only to be rejected too. Heck, with an average of 100+ people vying for maybe 12 open jobs at each interview session, it's no wonder so many people walk away with dashed dreams feeling like a failure. My name is Sean Martin, like I mentioned earlier, I was in your shoes once looking for railroad jobs like my life depended on it! I was rejected like an imperfect toy at Christmas. My railroad jobs dream spinning further away... That's when I decided to take action and vow to never get turned down by the railroad again. It took me months of searching the Internet, making phone calls and talking to other people before I found the answers. Had I known these little facts sooner, I would have landed my conductor job months earlier. Once I used the secrets I discovered, like magic, I got the call that changed my life and got hired! You can learn from my mistakes and drastically increase your chances at getting hired. They want people who have specific job histories. And if you don't fit the criteria, they won't tell you how to get around that glitch. But you can get around it, when you know EXACTLY what to do. This book takes the mystery out of why people routinely get denied positions for railroad jobs! That's because it has its own set of rules and quirks that are unique to the RR. In other words, they're Extremely Picky! Check out what's revealed inside this all-inclusive railroad jobs guide book! Instant access to 18 RR sites in the USA and Canada. Find out who's hiring and who's not The one step that sets you apart from everyone else in the interview group! How to land a RR job even if your job history has more holes in it than a block of Swiss cheese What you can do for your current employer right now that will impress the interviewer and automatically set you several notches ahead of the competition How NOT to get kicked out of the interview process. Even these tiny details will kill the deal for you. 5 areas in your personal life that will be scrutinized with a background check before you're offered a job. Know ahead of time what you can't hide What to do if you get an interview rejection email or letter. Do this instead of panicking or feeling like a loser 28 previous career choices the railroad loves to see on your resume. Are one or more of these in your past? 67 key words that MUST be on your resume? Skip one and risk your resume being thrown out with the rest of the trash What "magical word" perks the ears and interest of the interviewer that will lock his/her attention on you? 8 things that will automatically stop you in your tracks from ever getting hired What multiple tests the railroads require you to pass. They're beyond the basic drug and strength test 9 questions you must be prepared to answer and how to answer them like a professional A sneaky, seemingly innocent question the interviewer will ask. Say the wrong answer and you're automatically disqualified 10 questions to ask any RR trade school before handing them one red cent Not all RR schools are the same. Find out which ones deliver and which ones leave you waiting for a train that never comes down your tracks The perfect sample resume (just copy in your own information) What NOT to tell the interviewer that's sure to get you booted out the door faster than a fist fight at a sleazy bar How NOT to dress for the interview. People make this mistake all the time when they assume they know what they're doing. What are you waiting for? Secure your future and get this book now! See you on the rails! Sean Martin

Ghosts of Gold Mountain

Ghosts of Gold Mountain
Author: Gordon H. Chang
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Total Pages: 325
Release: 2019
Genre: China
ISBN: 1328618579

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A groundbreaking, breathtaking history of the Chinese workers who built the Transcontinental Railroad, helping to forge modern America only to disappear into the shadows of history until now.