You do need to pay attention to your surroundings and watch the track ahead for wayside signals, maintenance personnel near the tracks and any other restrictions you may encounter, but you do have opportunities to take in the view. I have seen some beautiful scenery in my 16 years. For the most part, though, we stay…

Indeed, this job used to be the 'ol boys club but in my terminal, also for the largest railroad in the US working in the Midwest, we have several dozen women working in train service as locomotive engineers and conductors, yard masters and dispatchers, clerks and managers. While the percentage of women to men is still…

You need Little Mule to use Lupe's Escape.

I agree with you completely. I never thought I'd use an impact driver much so never got one. Late last summer, I replaced my 10 year old Ryobi 18V tools for a set of new DeWalt 20V tools. The set came with an impact driver and so far, that is the tool I've used the most! Everything from helping to install a new under…

Is that the place with the goofy crap on the walls and the mozzarella sticks?

I have a Class A CDL. I have driven some high clearance trucks before. Even on a truck labeled in the cab at 11'-2", I was still nervous about even driving under a canopy at a truck stop (designed for large trucks) when getting fuel. I can't imagine just driving under something like this at full bore without any…

Maybe they should do a diesel hybrid?

The first rule of heated seat club is you don't talk about heated seat club.

On a manual, I can see it handy for starts on a hill, especially for beginners. But for an automatic, no. Just, no.

This one was mine. It turned out to be too expensive to fix for needing something reliable to drive. Even though it looked decent, it was rusted everywhere. Decided to put it out of its misery.

Had something similar to this happen to me. 2006 Chevy 2500HD with the Duramax diesel. It has to live outside unfortunately. Lots of squirrels in the neighborhood. Truck was a daily driver. Weather had just turned cold. Went out to start 30 minutes before I had to be at work. Dashboard lit up like a Christmas Tree! …

Every job isn't without its stresses. The job itself isn't bad at all. In actuality, we generally are a 2 person crew out on our own without direct supervision for the majority of our day. There are down sides such as not knowing when the phone will ring to tell you when to go to work and trying to raise a family…

I've got a Harmony One which is at least 6 years old. It is the best single universal remote I have ever got, easy to program and easy for people to figure out how to use. Luckily, mine is still going strong. I hope it doesn't fail because I love mine!

I've got a Harmony One which is at least 6 years old. It is the best single universal remote I have ever got, easy…

Train related occupations you say? I agree! Most railroad jobs actually only require a high school diploma. Locomotive engineer myself for the largest US railroad starting my 16th year. Only a high school diploma with some college and I would have been on track to make nearly $90k this year if I didn't take a month…

Following the link to ThinkGeek, they properly label it as an R2-Q5.

the other day I started my drive home from work in my '09 Jetta TDi. Immediately after pulling out of the lot, a light on my dash I had never seen before came on. It looked like a globe with a bunch of lines emanating out from it. Like the earth was going to explode if I continued driving my car. I pulled over…

Here in good ol Kansas, we have left turn yield on solid green. But, within the past year, forward thinking people in Lawrence, KS have started putting in flashing yellow turn arrows. So, they are spreading.

Bought an '03 Ford Ranger new. Great small truck. It came with a maintenance plan. Took it in for its first service and everything was fine. Got home, noticed a major tire defect. This should have jumped out at the tech. Took it back in. The looked at it and said "huh, that's not right. That'll be $150 for a new…

Glad it worked out for you. But, my advice is if you are dealing with a stranger buying anything, meet in the parking lot of your local police station. If the seller doesn't agree, it's no dice on the sale.

The Kansas Turnpike had the hockey puck transponders that you could just use in any car. Then, a few years ago they went to the sticker ones. Had to get one when they force recalled one of my original hockey puck transponders. Found out now that they do indeed have a new transponder that can be moved between vehicles.…