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Canadian Pacific

Post by AndrewFields » Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:29 pm

I had my first NARS conductor course today and met some really great guys my age. I was talking to one who worked briefly for CP and has echoed everything we've discussed here: how much they suck. They don't treat their employees worth a damn and jerk them around. Seems like a crap company from head to toe.
You think your car gets bad mileage? SP 4449 consumes 10 gallons of bunker oil and 100 gallons of water every mile.
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Re: Canadian Pacific

Post by Smjh1979 » Mon Mar 23, 2009 7:14 pm

Ask them about working for BNSF and CSX. They'll probably say the same thing that they say about CP.
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Post by owensri » Mon Mar 23, 2009 7:19 pm

CN seems to be about the best Class 1 there is...as I don't hear anything bad about them. Everyone that works for them that I've known loves it, and the supervisors are awesome. But that's just in this area. I can't speak for the rest of the system...
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Re: Canadian Pacific

Post by AndyWS » Mon Mar 23, 2009 8:29 pm

owensri wrote:CN seems to be about the best Class 1 there is...as I don't hear anything bad about them. Everyone that works for them that I've known loves it, and the supervisors are awesome. But that's just in this area. I can't speak for the rest of the system...
It definitely does seem to make a difference where. Here in Wisconsin, I've never heard anything bad about CP's treatment of its employees. Now CN is a different matter...
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Re: Canadian Pacific

Post by Texastrainman » Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:57 am

Does a railroad's reputation depend on the location? Image
Don't mess with Texas.
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Re: Canadian Pacific

Post by AndyWS » Wed Mar 25, 2009 1:56 am

It does seem to vary between different parts of the system, on these far-flung Class Is.
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