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K-27 Afficianado

December 31, 2008 09:21PM

Registered: 15 years ago
Posts: 455

I've recently started to wonder just what one must do to become the operator of a steam locomotive. Do you have to work up from the bottom of some tiered work totem-pole? I know there are a few steam engineers on this board, so any information would be great.

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How to become an engineer	K-27 Afficianado	December 31, 2008 09:21PM
Re: How to become an engineer	kwilcomb	December 31, 2008 10:04PM
Re: How to become an engineer	K-27 Afficianado	December 31, 2008 10:07PM
Re: How to become an engineer	K-27 Afficianado	December 31, 2008 11:19PM
Re: How to become an engineer	kwilcomb	January 01, 2009 02:55AM
Re: How to become an engineer	Bruce R. Pier	January 01, 2009 10:20AM
Re: How to become an engineer	Will Gant	January 01, 2009 11:59AM
Re: How to become an engineer	Phil Reader	January 01, 2009 01:50PM
Re: How to become an engineer	Ed "Oilcan" Kelley	January 01, 2009 04:02PM
Re: How to become an engineer	SandingValve	January 01, 2009 11:49PM
Re: How to become an engineer	kwilcomb	January 02, 2009 12:13AM
Re: How to become an engineer	K-27 Afficianado	January 01, 2009 06:30PM
Re: How to become an engineer	olarmy	January 01, 2009 07:13PM
Re: How to become an engineer	dan	January 02, 2009 06:28AM
Re: How to become an engineer	olarmy	January 02, 2009 05:42PM
Re: How to become an engineer	dan	January 02, 2009 06:34PM
Re: How to become an engineer	K-27 Afficianado	January 03, 2009 04:25PM
Re: How to become an engineer	Txhighballer	January 01, 2009 09:10PM
Re: How to become an engineer	GLRR12	January 02, 2009 01:07AM
Re: How to become an engineer	Nelson Bros Lumber Co.	January 12, 2009 03:26PM
Re: How to become an engineer	K-27 Afficianado	January 13, 2009 11:41PM

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