My answer is that Norfolk Southern is usually hiring, but the real world of an operating railroader is both very demanding and potentially quite rewarding. ![]() I get occasional inquiries about actual rail employment, and it's gratifying that a lot of them come from people who would have faced discrimination not-too-long ago. I'll own up to it I pick up a little extra pocket money in the summer at a theme park, and the management, aware of my background, usually assigns me to the "Cannonball" or the "Zephyr", our two train rides. The stigma of railroading as a dead-end industry which we all lived with for a lot of years has finally been dispelled, but we have a long way to go before we return to the days when characters like "Eddie Sand" (Harry Bedwell's ficticious itinerant telegrapher), enjoy the status they once did. I wonder if they would make a sequel and how it would work out. ![]() Suppose this movie does very well in theatres.
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