Anyone have any insight? Very curious.
I've always wondered about how life was for the sbb train drivers, such the hours they work, what they need to do and check before driving the train, how they know exactly when to stop perfectly on the platform, what is the most difficult about being a train driver, interesting stories, pay, etc.
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My sister is a train driver. I could ask all the questions you are interested in on your behalf.
Send me you catalogue of questions.
I talked to a train driver at a train exhibition.
My husband loves trains, I have been to more train and model train exhibitions than you can imagine....
Have any of you done this?
It looks like that would make a seriously cool birthday present for the family train nut...
No. It has quite a price tag to do it just for fun.
For the same price you get a scenic ride for two on the Furka Dampfbahn Bergstrecke.
My father was a train driver ( locomotive engineer) in West Texas for 35 years and believe me, it was a hard job! He virtually had to be on call 24 hours a day, with a two hour heads up, when he was called in for work. The freight trains are miles long there and are seldom on an exact schedule. One day he might be called at 14:00 and the next at 02:00. His greatest pleasure of retirement was a full night of sleep.
However, I doubt Swiss trains have this kind of demanding schedule, as the passenger trains seldom have delays and have a predictable schedule. It must be amazing to travel through Switzerland's scenary each day. I would imagine there is an apprenticeship for it.