Monday, August 25, 2014

Wanted: female train drivers

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In just over one year Israel might have her first female "train driver."
Way back when I was a kid in Chicago  we used to say engineer or locomotive engineer (we're talking coal-burning steam engines!).

Israel Railways launched a TV advertising campaign to attract female and male candidates for a new and streamlined one-year training course for passenger train drivers.
See their one-minute video!

Hundreds of men and about 20 women applied for the 36 places.
It sounds like fun.  Would you like to try?

I have lots of posts about our trains.
And this post shows the interior of the Tel Aviv-to-Jerusalem train.

All aboard!
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(Linking to Whimsical Windows, Delirious Doors  and  Our World Tuesday.)
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12 comments:

  1. I love trains! Yes planes are faster but sitting on a train while watching the landscape is just amazing! Congratulations on your first female engineer!

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  2. The type of train reminds me of a commuter train in southern Ontario, but the colours remind me of the city train here.

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  3. Love to ride!





    ALOHA from Honolulu
    ComfortSpiral
    =^..^= . <3 . >< } } (°>

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  4. Thanks for your comments about the Bluebell Railway.We call the them train drivers rather than engineers and good to see females getting in on a very male dominated profession.

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  5. Beautiful station and beautiful photo, Dina!
    To your question on BDP: yes

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  6. I love luxury trains, as a pampered customer :)

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  7. It is always better than a bus driver: no traffic problems for trains! I drove a train once, with a friend of my dad close by...

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  8. I'm sort of wondering why there aren't any already and why more didn't apply...

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  9. Friends, thanks for all your interesting input.

    VP, you drove a train once?! How exciting!

    Ciel, maybe one reason is that it might be shift work, like during the night too.

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  10. Friends, thanks for all your interesting input.

    VP, you drove a train once?! How exciting!

    Ciel, maybe one reason is that it might be shift work, like during the night too.

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  11. A demanding job, under appreciated.

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  12. Oh no, not me. Like Cloudia, I prefer riding to driving.

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