As much as I'd like to agree, no. It's rapidly declining quality of life. Class 1s and especially BNSF is notorious for hiring, training, and then laying people

As much as I'd like to agree, no. It's rapidly declining quality of life. Class 1s and especially BNSF is notorious for hiring, training, and then laying people off for what can be years, or training them in desirable locales, and then offering them work in shitholes. Beyond that the union negotiations are at a standstill, BNSF hasn't offered meaningful pay increases for years, the contraction of the labor pools means more work and less time off. Precision rail has made every craft increasingly uncomfortable, from the Surface Transportation Board hearing, the deposition given by every union sure makes it sound like every branch of every railroad is running a skeleton crew. Word of mouth goes a long way, and back in the day you had to know somebody to get an in on the railroad. They can't even get full training classes these days they've sullied their reputation so badly. But most people will take the $100k plus over weed. And even once you're hired, you don't instantly get terminated for pissing hot or even coming in intoxicated. They'll send you to rehab and put you on probation, and even if one violates that probation one doesn't necessarily get fired. Plus you can afford cocaine on the railroad budget, or meth, or heroin. Anything but weed.