Enslaved by the Railroad

About the Book

This story goes from when I was hired out through my 33 years on the Union Pacific Railroad.. You will be with me as I start my career working in the yard until I gain enough seniority to work freight trains. You will experience how you are treated on the job and not respected as an employee. You are treated more like the railroad owns you. You experience my bad times and some good times. You will learn what trainmen do on the job and while at outside terminals. It is a completely dysfunctional lifestyle. Hope you enjoy the ride.

About the Author

The reader will find this is a story of my 33 plus years of life working on the railroad to be eye opening. This is a story of how the railroad owns the transportation worker’s lives being on call 24/7 and told if you can lay-off and for how long, if they even allow your Lay-off. It is a tough job for you and your family. A trainman doesn’t know how long he will be home or when he will be back after taking a train to an outside point from his home terminal.