[BookaT]

Railroads are not dying.

BNSF is hiring.

I’m guessing you don’t know much about the railroad and what all it actually delivers. Can’t pipeline everything everywhere, sure as hell can’t truck the volume the railroad moves for the cost it moves it. It’s not just stuff we consume in America, we are shipping coal, grain etc., to other countries and moving it to ports by rail.

There are companies that are shrinking and companies that are more adaptable to the market that are growing again.

Having said that, railroading is not an easy job. In fact, I would prefer working at almost any other job than the railroad, but no one wants to pay me what the railroad pays for my education level(that doesn’t involve going overseas)

[FatherofFive]

I’m guessing you don’t know much about the railroad

So, has coal traffic increased or decreased on railroads? How much of rail volume is coal?

[Architect of Avalon]

How much does it pay?