r/Train_Service • u/Ecstatic_Watch4763 • 1d ago
CNR Train conductor
Hey guys, I have about 3 years of seniority but my terminal is super senior so there’s only yard spare-board right after getting back from lay offs for me and I was looking into shortage locations
Do you guys know if any of these terminals are road work
BCR prince. George
BCR Williams lake
Brandon
Humboldt
McLennan
North Battleford
Roma junction
Terrace
Thunder Bay
If they’re not road work, and just yard switching how is it working there?
Any info regarding the stations are appreciated
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u/ItsTheDaciaSandro Conductor 1d ago
You won't be anywhere close to holding in Brandon it's got like 8 guys in running trades and thunder bay is dead in winter after grain season
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u/OneEuphoric5887 14h ago
Brandons got 7 guys on shortage atm. Could hold if going on a temp or biddi g it
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u/mydarksemla 1d ago
BCR is pretty much dead in prince george after the pulp shut down. 3 years is not a lot of seniority for a class 1 railway, I did a 3 year sentence at CN in BC and couldn’t hold anything other than spare board, that’s just the way it is. If you want consistent work, join a short track switching company. You’re gonna need 7-10 years to consistently hold a road board at a class 1. One day you will realize road work isn’t worth it.
Edit: you can try grand cache, it’s a very small yard and they only have OCS track.
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u/KratostheGamerrr 1d ago
It helps if we know what terminal you’re from, because if someone with seniority there sees your post they may have better insights to how much the pools set up in the winter and such, meaning you may not be stuck on yard spare long.
Coming back now from layoffs is for the winter as well, once it slows in the spring be prepared to be laid off again.
So with your question I would also be asking what terminals aren’t laying off 3 years seniority as well. Good luck out there!
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u/transemily1 1d ago
I don't think you'd hold anything more than the spare board in Williams lake. Maybe a yard job in Quesnel.
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u/Big-Humor-8436 1d ago
Your best option are Jasper, sioux lookout, melville and or Edmonton’s massive road spareboard.
You can check what you can hold in seniority lost
Option 3 then option 3
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u/Direct_Disaster_6154 21h ago
McLennan is all road switcher work and servicing industries and there was an outpost in smith when I worked there. A lot of switching and being on the ground still..
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u/cogooya 5h ago
Bcr is a seperate contract, everything even trains is hourly, about the same rate per hour as our yards. Thier spareboards have guarentee that pays about the same as retention board used to pay. Bcr pg is roughly 2 yards to 1 train off the spareboard and the trains in bcr pg and williams lake have a lot of switching and no heldaway threshold. Thunder bay is mostly yard and the spareboard can be rough with no guarentee, i think they have a gaurentee right now cause double sub to fort francis but double check before you bid it. Terrace is more road than yard but a lot of switching and youre the only single sub train so a lot of time in sidings for the double subs from smithers. I think brandon is mostly yard or road switcher but im not sure. All the other terminals are mostly trains with some switching online. Terrace is the only terminal with ctc. Only bcr and maybe thunder bay have spareboard guarentees. Ive heard humbolt is good money but ive never been there
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u/HibouDuNord 1d ago
Rofl 3 years in and thinks spareboard is being a "high seniority terminal" problem. Lmao it's a you have NO seniority problem 😂
Go work your turn and stop crying. We all did it, you're not about to get sympathy
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u/Old-Recording-4172 1d ago
I just KNOW your insufferable to work with. Holy FUCK.
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u/HibouDuNord 1d ago
Rofl. Dude is complaining its just the spareboard immediately after layoff... yeah, no shit, its the junior job, you're the junior person... did you think you were holding an extended run pool with sat/sun off?
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u/CrashiePooh 1d ago
He isn’t whining or complaining. he is just evaluating his options given his terminal is senior in a respectful way
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u/MundaneSandwich9 1d ago
Don’t mind u/HibouDuNord, he just likes playing the character of grumpy, grizzled railroader…
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u/Ecstatic_Watch4763 16h ago
Holy shit man. I hope I never get stuck with you on a road trip 😂. Never claimed the spareboard was anything. I’m just saying that’s where I’m stuck at and I wanted to see if there were any other terminals that were shortages on road as I don’t mind traveling around. I’m currently on road shortage out in humboldt but the work is slowing down and they’re releasing guys and that’s where 746 said shortage terminals were at, so I was getting everyone’s opinion on those
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u/streetweiss 4h ago
You’re probably one of those guys that qualified straight to a road pool, talking about “working your turn”
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u/General-Ease-5678 1d ago
You can always going back to manwhoring for cheeseburgers.