Mindy took a picture of me before I went to work. Wearing my new railroader coveralls but that safety vest is covering them up. 

Roller coaster... 

Pulling back in to Pocatello. 

Not meant to be a scenic picture, just one from my perspective. 

Me pulling out of the sidings at Minidoka Idaho. 

Guess where I took this from. Gosh it feels good not to be trucking anymore. Worked 13 hour shifts on Monday and Tuesday. 2100 - 1000. Feels good to be able to collect overtime for the first time in my life. Almost everyone I have met and worked with at UPhas been a good time. Last night the conductor babysitting me had 38 years on the job. You can sure learn alot from these old heads. I learned more in the last two nights than 3 weeks of class. I guess learn is not the proper wording, I should say that alot of what I learned in class was clarified. Getting ready to head out again at 2100. 

Mr. Wilson, Fred and Mr. Wilson's wife. Mr. Wilson is the head honcho. I have never met a manager who would shoot the breeze with so many of employees. I just hope never to see him pissed off in his office over the next few years. 

Saturday was the last day of trainmen class. We then went to the O.K. Ward Park for a Union Pacific Employee party. These are two of my instructors. Both are wonderful guys and instructors. Fred has a twisted sense of humor like myself. I made 5x7's of this picture and gave them each one before they flew out. I woke Fred up Saturday night at 10:30. He told my wife at the party. "I am so glad you married down to keep guys like Brandon off the street" One funny dude,lol. 

This is our fearless leader 'John'. He is working on his 49th year on the railroad. What a knowledgable sincere man. He is from North Carolina. He was drafted by the 101st Airborne in 54. Now he is teaching us FNG's the tricks of the trade. 

Our Instructor Frank getting ready to put some boot to ass. He is a local Conductor, 27 years on the job. Notice he doesn't have coffee stains and a 'engineer' belly. What a super instructor/conductor and a nice guy. 

Just all of us future conductors for Union Pacific in Idaho. We don't work, haha. We sit around and watch the Car men work. That what they say anyway. We had a wonderful day training in the yard. 

My bud Travis, I was waiting on the other side of train to take a picture of him doing the hand brake thing. Instead he passed by in the locomotive. He got a much better picture than everyone else. He picks me up for class everyday, lives just around the corner. Neighbors for 3 years and didn't even recognize eachother when we got hired together. 

Me on the back of a car getting kicked. The guy with his hand up in the air is getting ready to signal the locomotive to stop after he uncoupled the car I am on. I rode it all the way to the cars way behind us and stopped it with the hand brake. Those are those big steering wheel thingys on the back of the railroad cars. 

Me just giving a hand signal for the locomotive to move foward. I am looking nerdy as hell. I still have a Schneider work shirt on. We got to practice getting on and off a moving locomotive. 

Me and my bald head. Those glasses are looking sweet. Did some fun stuff in the yard today. We got to kick cars and stop them with the hand brake. It was fun as hell. 

Just me chillin at the railyard. Like my nerdy glasses?