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when i was younger i applied to BNSF in san berdoo kalif. never got an interview.
hell i would do it NOW if i wasnt so damn old.
whenever hunting in the happy hunting grounds the 1st thing we do when scouting is find the train crews and ask them where the deer and elks are crossing.
had (2) friends when i was younger whose dads worked for BNSF or SF back then. rolling in the dough w/overtime new trucks etc. as they got a job with SF running "burro" cranes on derailments. had some great stories about boxcars of fords chevys dodge you name it being involved in derailment and the R.R.'s 1st priority is to clear the track for oncoming trains. they used to dig giant azz'd holes in the ground with front end loaders and then use the "burro" cranes and dump the boxcars/car haulers you name it in the holes and place 8ft of dirt over them as the railroads are self insured.
my buddy working out of belen new messiko also told me about the day the amtrack misread the signals and came barreling down the track at him at 75mph despite him in a D-10 dozer working on the tracks! it got kind of hairy for a while for him!
but hell we could be on our puters and get zapped by lightning and keel over dead.
DANGER IS EVERYWHERE!
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if there are TROUT..........there are BEARS!
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