Originally Posted by Krusty
I guess it depends on what you do on the railways?
Drive coal trains out of Newcastle. Where my
base salary is $75,000 a year. Overtime and overnight expenses made up the other $20,000 last year.
And we're looking for more trainee's if anyone's interested 
As a comparison, a possible position I'm looking at in Brisbane operates Driver-Only trains, pays
trainee's about $75,000 and qualified blokes upwards of $86,000. You can go from off the street, to qualified in 6 months, if you're switched on...
lostwingnut's figures are really an eye-opener for me, as if you've been in the industry for 5 years, and are earning less than $60K, I both feel genuine sorrow for your plight, but also a grim satisfaction that I made the right call.
As it is I now I have to pay for flying, but
get paid to play trains. Almost a win-win situation. If/when I get my new airplane it will be.