BNSF NARS Training Van Visits Shelby

BNSF Railroad along with NARS (The National Academy of Railroad Sciences) has an ultra high tech semi-truck van used for training. That van is currently in Shelby parked just east of the depot. See below NBMC photo. The training is for current employees but especially for the 80,000 nation-wide new jobs that are expected in the next six months. With costs of trucking fuel going up and up shippers are now turning more to the railroads such as BNSF who claim that "every ton of freight that moves one mile by rail instead of by truck reduces greenhouse gas emissions by two-thirds or more." The shippers, of course, see a cost savings of rail vs. truck and trucking companies save by having the railroad haul their vans instead of pulling them on the highways.
NARS has the latest in simulators for new train engineers. These simulators are similar to those used to teach new pilots giving a realistic look and feel to the trainees. NARS also offers NetSim, a network of locomotive simulators placed in satellite locations across the country. Through NetSim, engineers train on regional simulators like those in the facility at JCCC.
NARS also includes all the other job aspects of railroading such as track installation and maintenance in their training of new employees commonly called (rails). Visit NARS here to see more and for railroading job opportunities. Also, see about careers with BNSF here.

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