how to learn about shopwork
| November 15, 2001 07:03AM |
As a committed jack-of-all-trades, I've often wanted to know more (i.e., enough to do it for a living if I had to) about shop work at the C&TS. I know a little about metallurgy, a little about mechanical engineering, a little about physics, and a very little about human nature.
Besides a lifelong career as a middle-aged apprentice, how could I go about learning about steam locomotive, carshop, and trackwork is done?
I'd love to do internships on track-crews and in the carshop (i have no problem with cleaning plugged up porta-potties so I bet I could get work in that area, anyway
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So, how can I (and others) learn a lot about what goes on with the shop and track crews even though we're not anywhere close?
Besides a lifelong career as a middle-aged apprentice, how could I go about learning about steam locomotive, carshop, and trackwork is done?
I'd love to do internships on track-crews and in the carshop (i have no problem with cleaning plugged up porta-potties so I bet I could get work in that area, anyway
" />.So, how can I (and others) learn a lot about what goes on with the shop and track crews even though we're not anywhere close?
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Tom Stewart | November 15, 2001 07:03AM |
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Tom Stewart | November 15, 2001 07:35AM |
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Fred T | November 15, 2001 08:21AM |
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Mik | November 15, 2001 10:30AM |
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dan | November 15, 2001 11:39AM |
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Kevin Cook | November 15, 2001 02:22PM |
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RBrinton | November 15, 2001 02:29PM |
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dan | November 15, 2001 04:34PM |
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Casey Carlson | November 17, 2001 03:24PM |
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RBrinton | November 17, 2001 03:27PM |
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Casey Carlson | November 17, 2001 03:42PM |
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