If anyone wanted to know what and Engineers job is really like...

"Well, can you inflate the balloon?" "What's that got to do with me?" "Well, it's red, doesn't that mean you should know about it?"

THIS IS MY LIFE. EVERY DAY AT WORK.

volvoclearinghouse wrote:

JohnRW1621 wrote: Oh, you're an Engineer? How big is your train?

About 200 tons. And that's just the locomotive. It's always a hoot when you tell people you're an Engineer, and they ask you what you work on, and you say "trains", and the next thing out of their mouths is, "oh, so you drive them?"

My oldest says, "My daddy is an Engineer. But not a real one, the other kind."

Flight Service wrote:

volvoclearinghouse wrote:

JohnRW1621 wrote: Oh, you're an Engineer? How big is your train?

About 200 tons. And that's just the locomotive. It's always a hoot when you tell people you're an Engineer, and they ask you what you work on, and you say "trains", and the next thing out of their mouths is, "oh, so you drive them?"

My oldest says, "My daddy is an Engineer. But not a real one, the other kind."

So, you do drive trains for a living? ;-)

Those "other" engineers don't have hats, do they? It adds legitimacy.

I'm not allowed to drive the train, the whistle I can't blow. Im not allowed to say how far, the train is going to go. Im not allowed to blow off steam, or even clang the bell. But let the damn train jump the track AND SEE WHO CATCHES HELL?

I'm an engineer who works at a company that builds trains, but don't get to ride the trains and rather just play with the engines. Adds more complexity to the answer of that question.

Machinists sometimes have to deal with Vogons calling the shots as well.