how much money a year does a conducter make driving a trian?

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A amtrek Train

Answer 1

probably somewhere between $40,000 & $70,00 would be my guess.

BTW, conductors don't drive trains, thats the engineer's job.

Answer 2

depends on the railroad, the one i hired out of high school with was a agriculture railroad, Harvest time came up everyone got OT. this ment many nights showering in the locker room and sleeping in my Astro Van being it would have took me a hour and half to drive home, and maybe 2 hours to get back to work, I didnt wanna risk my rest period. When I was 21 I made a little over 87,000, and then there was my dad working 30+ years with Burlington Northern and was making somewere in the 90s. so he had a grudge on me. well that soon backfired and that company got bought back be Illinois Central and because of my age I was one of the first for lay off. I was forced to take what ever railroad called first which was a shortline, the average was 25,000 a year salary. Its been ten years now and im back to regional railroading. I am a engineer but also work as a conductor, at my job we switch seats every day, which is a good thing, I have seen some 2 ton sallys as engineers (even seen a guy get stuck in a door of a locomotive 1 time, they had to remove half the cab to get him out).Im ranging from 60,000 to 72,000, and the best part I go to work at 6am and come home at 6 pm. No more on call for me.

Answer 3

Mr. Fan above is in the ballpark, but conductors don't run trains. Engineers do.

The pay for Amtrak is good, though less than the rates for freight conductors.

Freight conductors don't have to deal with the public either, which in and of itself makes freight conductors' jobs more lucrative....

Addendum: Welcome to Y!A, Al, but your sources should be checked.

I raised three children, supported two ex-wives, and own free and clear a nice, 2600 sq ft home and large 1300 sq ft shop on 3 1/2 acres right at the base of Mt Shasta, in the Shasta Trinity national forest, retired in the year 2000 at 47 years of age (acc't disability) and I did it ALL on a locomotive engineer's pay. I was given none of it.

But you darn sure earn every penny of it, as it is not an easy life. If you want the money, it's there, but you gotta go to get it. If a pay check seems insufficient, it's usually because the person who the check was issued to wasn't clicking off the miles that they could have.

Pay is further affected by where the seniority is held. Some terminals have high mileage runs out of them, some don't. More miles = more money, so when factoring pay, location also plays a part. Therefore, someone contemplatiing employment should find out where their seniority will apply and what pool freight jobs are ran out of the home terminal. This should not be overlooked.

So the pay varies, somewhat widely with all the variables, but as far as economic benefits go, someone's choice between of the carriers, go Class I, Amtrak and Short Line. Short lines are predominantly non-union, so in this instance, not only can you not put a kid through college on the pay, it's hard just keeping yourself fed, with a roof overhead and some means of transportation so you can show up to work day after day, ultimately losing money on the deal with but another bump or two to fuel costs.

As far as health coverage and other benefits, go either Class 1 or Amtrak. With a Short Line, health coverage is when someone calls an ambulance when you accidentally lose your foot.

So all the numbers here are in the ball park.........

Answer 4

the risk of injury is high, al m; but it is not among the most dangerous of professions. the pay is good if you want to work. yes you can put kids through college. yes you can live a nice life. the health benefits are great. the retirement is better than SS by a long shot but that is because we pay in MORE than you do to SS. take a look at this:

http://money.cnn.com/2003/10/13/pf/dangerousjobs/

Answer 5

For one thing the conductor does not drive the train.. The engineer drives the train..All the conductor does is collect tickets..Every train line.pays different wages..and it depends how many days you work..

Answer 6

Conductor does not drive
The engineer drives.
the engineer can make $100,00o plus in NJ/NY
Conductor $45,000-$75,000 plus with overtime.

Answer 7

Zero

The conductor's job is not to drive the train.
It is an engineer who drives the train.

This is like asking how much money the engineer makes collecting fares, when it is someone else who collects the fares.

For all of them working the rail road it is long hours, lousy pay, and high risk of injuries. It is not enough money for any of them to put their children through college.

Answer 8

I am told from 65,000 to 75,000. But I have heard of some that are upwards of 110,000

Answer 9

40K per year but get to wear a cool hat.

Answer 10

45,000$ per year