Western Railroad Discussion > Colleges/Railroading

Hi I just graduated from High School and was wondering if anyone could provide the names or better yet
a master site where I could find colleges that have railroad curriculum's? West or East good. Aaron '07

http://www.jccc.net/home/depts/S00018


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M-I-T

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st. phillips

I believe that the University of Illinois has a Railroad department.

Here is a link to the schools CSX partners with for its conductor training. This is on your dime and does not guarantee a job:

http://www.csx.com/?fuseaction=careers.conductor

Mike Derrick
http://www.shortlinesusa.com

RRmemories Wrote:
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> Hi I just graduated from High School and was
> wondering if anyone could provide the names or
> better yet
> a master site where I could find colleges that
> have railroad curriculum's? West or East good.
> Aaron '07

What is your ultimate desire? Operate the trains or railroad management?

As mentioned above, Johnson Co. Community College in Overland Pk., KS.

chico
http://www.heartlandrails.com

bnsfsd70 Wrote:
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> I believe that the University of Illinois has a
> Railroad department.


Yup. They provide a degree and everything.

http://cee.uiuc.edu/research/railroad/

mderrick Wrote:
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> Here is a link to the schools CSX partners with
> for its conductor training. This is on your dime
> and does not guarantee a job:
>
> http://www.csx.com/?fuseaction=careers.conductor
>
> Mike Derrick
> http://www.shortlinesusa.com


A good piece of advise. If your thinking about CSX don't do it. Don't waste your time on these @#$%^.

If you are looking for a university degree, try these two links. The Urbana program is probably the oldest in the country.

http://www.cee.mtu.edu/railroad/index.htm

http://cee.uiuc.edu/research/railroad/

If you just want to ring the bell and toot the whistle, there are community college programs all over the place.

I believe the University of Denver has some special railroad classes in intermodal.

gmojim

Another 4-year degree option.

University Wisconsin-Superior has a logistic program with an emphasis on railroading.

Here is a link that tells about the program after CN donated over a half-million to it.

http://www.uwsuper.edu/wb/campaignsuperior/News/CNgift.htm

Kevin

Several universities have highly regarded transportation logistics majors that include railroad transportation.
Univ of Tennessee Knoxville
Penn State University
University of Alabama
University of Arkansas

gmojim

sdrake Wrote:
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> What is your ultimate desire? Operate the trains
> or railroad management?

All the other posts are irrelevant until you answer this one...

-Justin

If you want to go into any kind of transportation management, a logistics degree is quite helpful. Michigan State University in East Lansing MI has a highly regarded Logistics Management/Transportation Program. Plus as a bonus, the CN (ex GTW) and CSXT mainlines run along the south side of campus...running about 30-40 trains a day between the two. CSXT even delivers the coal for the campus power plant. Outside of trains it's a great school, with great sports (NCAA 07 hockey champs), great campus, great parties, great women :) If it sounds like I'm biased, well I am!

Pittsburgh Mike
Michigan St University -Eli Broad School of Business
Class of 1995
(BA in Logistics Management)

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DMJM + HARRIS, INC.

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Los Angeles, Ca 90017
Attn: Senior Rail Engineer

Good luck to you, John

As someone mentioned, Michigan State is in the process of creating a Railroad Management program. They make frequent presentations at the RR Superintendents meetings and have a lot of financial backing. Other schools which have good logistics programs are:

Northwestern
University of Denver - esp. for intermodal
Portland State, Georgia State - Just the regional ones I'm most familiar with, I'm sure there are more.
Tennessee (although we fired the Tenn. grad we hired)

You guys are like extended family to me! I really appreciate the feedback. Aaron '07

Sacramento City College in CA offers an AS in RR Ops. I checked out the campus a few years ago- pretty nice. Good luck to you!
http://www.scc.losrios.edu/programs/railroad.html

This site also offers some info, although I'm not sure how up to date it is...
http://thebecketts.com/beckettsdepot/depot.html

Michigan State was the one I could not remember when I posted yesterday, MSU has a good one.

gmojim

I second the motion on Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo. I did my undergrad here in political science and spent a lot of time chasing trains in the area. It worked out because I did my senior project on three case studies of SP merger history, 1910's, 1986 and 1996. Figured, well, I cant do much with this degree unless I go into law...so I've stuck around, gotten involved in the model RR community around here, and back at Poly working on my masters in city and regional planning...and I still get to watch trains!

cheers,
john