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May 13, 2013

Returning veterans find work on railroads

  • Certain railroad jobs are almost perfect fits for certain military jobs. A air traffic controller can become a train dispatcher rather easily, and mechanics can use those skills on locomotives.
    • By JOSH FUNK
    Associated Press

    OMAHA, Neb. — Mark Major once led a team of soldiers in combat in Iraq. Now he leads a team of railroad employees. The difference, he says, is obvious: “I'm not getting shot at anymore.”

    But it's the similarities between serving in the military and working for the railroad that draw Major and many other former military members to this type of work.


     
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