About Chuck Mitchell Expertise I work for the Union Pacific Railroad. I can answer questions concerning locomotive operations, switching, locomotive questions, railcar capacity, length of trains, and just about anything concerning the railroad
Question what all do you have to do to become a railroad enginer from start to finish how many hrs do they allow you to work in a week an pay scale;;;;;;; im a over the road driver i can only work 70 hrs thenhave to take off 34 an then its back to work
Answer Hello Kaydon... Well to become an engineer, you must first become a conductor, which requires schooling, and then if you want to move up, you go back to school, for your engineer qualification. I ussualy work around 55 hours a week, about the pay scale, well it depends on what kind of work that your have done, in that 55 hr period.
