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Sunday, February 17, 2013

A Nice Human Interest Story: From Riding The Rails to Working on the Rails

The Dickinson Press is reporting:
Scott Steskal hitched rides on freight trains to get to North Dakota’s oil boom.
Now the 51-year-old drives a train at a crude oil transloading facility and is getting his life on the right track.
“Until I got up here, my life was pretty much a wreck,” he said.
Steskal was living in Las Vegas with no job and no transportation when family members encouraged him to look into job opportunities in North Dakota.
He researched how to ride freight trains and found someone to mentor him on how to do it safely.
Steskal left Las Vegas in December 2010 and became what he calls a tramp, hopping on and off freight trains through several states to travel north. People he met during his trip gave him the “track name” of Jesse James.
Go to the link for the rest of the story.

But "researched how to ride freight trains....." that alone probably got him the job.

Don sent me the link. Much appreciated.

4 comments:

  1. Bruce, Just checked on the Milton wells and like you I have no idea why I did not see it on Friday. Are there any production runs for these wells or are they in limbo. Interesting but confusing.

    Dennis

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    1. Absolutely nothing; no production data per NDIC.

      Even the file report for the Milton well on "DRL" status has only the planning report; no information.

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  2. Very nice article. North Dakota the promise land for this fellow.

    A news and video link to KFRY TV about the new water depot north of Williston that has helped reduce the truck traffic through town.

    http://www.kfyrtv.com/News_Stories.asp?news=62123

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    1. Incredibly good story; thank you, I had not seen it.

      http://www.milliondollarwayblog.com/2013/02/waws-water-at-13-mile-corner.html

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