Canadian National Dispatcher Dave Smetko

Lets Talk Trains

English - January 04, 2014 18:00 - 2 hours - 27.7 MB - ★★★★ - 32 ratings
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David Smetko the CN Dispatcher will be our guest this week on this prerecoded episode on LTT. You can not call the show during this interview. We will learn about what his job entails, What segments of railroad he dispatches and then his hobby of rare mileage train riding. We willl go pack to his Illinois Central railroading beginnings and hear a story about him meeting Muhammad Ali. His days as a tower opertor with be discussed. A good show for sure!