During long runs its essentially just you and your conductor/engineer in the cab until your 12-hour shift. Finally, retirement benefits are perhaps the best of any industry, thanks in large part to the Railroad Retirement Act. It was established in 1935 as a trust fund that railroader’s pa...
The following list provides information about job vacancies reported to the Railroad Retirement Board's (RRB) field offices. The list includes orders that the receiving field office does not expect to fill locally, and which according to RRB records remained open as of the end of the month. In...
Another significant boon was the retirement of money-losing passenger services when Amtrak launched on May 1, 1971. By then, GTW was hemorrhaging more than $2 million annually to maintain these trains and was happy to pay Amtrak's required entrance fee to rid itself of such services (final...
Mara Wilson's last major film role before her ten year retirement from acting. She returned to the acting profession around 2016. The last time in the franchise where a character says "stupid" and "shut up!", likely to reduce strong language on the show. The last VHS/DVD to be released...
I want to express my appreciation in advance to you for the cooperation and support that you will extend to each of them in the interim. While Stan will be missed at Amtrak, I ask that you join me in wishing him well in his retirement. Sincerely, David L. Gunn ...