New to railroading or considering a job in train service?

We have compiled some helpful links below

Bobby Boxhog's Tenderfoot Manual
Experienced advice from a long-time railroader and safety advocate

CTC Challenge
Learn CTC with this dos-based, interactive game. (.zip format)
Download, unzip and run "startgame.bat". The game should run in a Dos window.

Railroad Education

Institute of Railway Technology (IRT)

Conductor Programs at Schools and Colleges in Canada

British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT)

Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) (PDF file)

George Brown College Ontario

Safety

Pertinent Railway Legislation from UTU Canada

Check out our safety links section

Switching Operations Fatality Analysis

Job Descriptions

Job Demands Analysis

Narrative Description

National Occupational Classification (NOC)

Railroad Lingo

Glossary of Railroad Definitions 1

Glossary of Railroad Definitions 2 (PDF)

Glossaries and dictionaries from "The Glossarist"

446 railroad related terms (recommended)

November 24, 2007