Well after 11 weeks, I am rules qualified! The first 4 weeks were hell. So much info including 116 signals. I got 95%, tied for highest mark on the finaltest. I passed the signals final, really hard, five 19 out of 20 in a row up to the final. I had to get 100% to pass. For the QSOC, 90%, got 90% on the last two, 100% on the other three. The final, my computer glitched. I somehow missed 8 questions, still just barely got below a pass. So 4 of us got a rewrite. We thought 70 questions on paper should not be so bad. We had to get 90%, how bad could it be? Brutal! I am the only standing, just barely, 91%! Ryan, a teacher got 89%, Brett 84% and not sure what Shafiq got. They got escorted of the campus into a taxi. A few days off, my 26th Anniversary on Sunday, work on the Challenger, boat and of course my Oldsmobile.

 

Congratulations. Is this the CROR certification examination? Are you currently or are you advancing towards a CN locomotive engineer?

 

Eventually. Sorry, training for a Conductor. Yes the CROR is part of it, along with the GOI and LCR. Don't forget glorious signals. Learning the railway is like learning a different language. My Great Grandfather and Grandfather on Mom's side were life long CN employees.

 

I dealt with the rail for many years in warehousing. I also knew a pressman from an old job that went and did what you are doing.

So how does it work? Do you go out for a week then home for a few or? Just curious. Trains run near my house daily. Fact is I can hear them now. Ha ha.

 

Four weeks in Winnipeg, Manitoba at their big new Campus. It is on the edge of Symentin yard. Then one week at switch camp in Saskatoon and 2 weeks on road trips at Melville Terminal. I just finished the final 3 weeks at Winnipeg campus. I believe 90 shifts to become fully qualified as a Conductor. 45 on the road, 15 yard and the rest remote control locomotive, belt pack training, I believe.