Hey Hack, dude that's great. I can give you all the info you might need to get on here in Shreveport, because we are hiring. However, I would have figured that the railroad, esp Union Pac pays really well. Why are you wanting to leave? I had a chance to get on with KCS out of highschool, but turned it down. Sometimes I wish I hadn't.
The fire dept is a great career and it, without a doubt has job security in it, esp in this day and age. I've been on 14 years now with Shreveport and I still love it. Let me know what I can do for ya.
How's it go. I work in shreveport myself, for UPRailroad. Looking to be a firefighter though in the near future, from what I hear you can't beat a fire career.