pjcurry Posted September 14, 2015 Report Share Posted September 14, 2015 Has anyone volunteered for the State of Georgia working on their trains? We're interested in this but not entirely sure what's involved. I believe you ride the trains back and forth on their route and give tours/answer questions, but from the very brief description provided it appears other duties such as landscaping, maintenance, etc., may be involved. We'd like to hear from someone who has first hand experience with this position. Thanks for any help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarDreamers.us Posted September 14, 2015 Report Share Posted September 14, 2015 We have never heard of this opportunity. Please share more details. Good luck with this opportunity. Safe Travels! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat & Pete Posted September 15, 2015 Report Share Posted September 15, 2015 http://gastateparks.org/info/582 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarDreamers.us Posted September 15, 2015 Report Share Posted September 15, 2015 Thank you. Very interesting opportunity. Safe Travels! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramblin Reck Posted September 16, 2015 Report Share Posted September 16, 2015 We have not volunteered there, but we did ride the SAM train and it was a great experience! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmac9 Posted September 16, 2015 Report Share Posted September 16, 2015 If you are headed to the Escapees park in Livingston and you enjoy train rides you might want to check this one out. I was going to suggest it for a volunteer or camp host position but seems as though they don't use volunteer help any more. We lived in Rusk for a while and visited the little park and rode the train when our kids were young. At that time it was owned and operated by the State of Texas and used camp host positions to help at the RV park and on the train but a private company now runs the train and discontinued the use of camp hosts. They seem to have raised their rates quite a bit too!!! https://www.texasstaterr.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nana25k Posted September 16, 2015 Report Share Posted September 16, 2015 Sounds like a great gig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saltfevr Posted October 24, 2015 Report Share Posted October 24, 2015 Dw and I were Train Hosts on The Sam Shortline from Apr to Nov. 2014. You can stay in Ga Vets SP volunteer circle or "the summit" walking distance to GA Vets Park depot. Free cable if u choose the park vol. circle. Some Sat.are long from 8a till 5p. Depends on train schedule. Its an excursion train running from Cordele Ga to Plains. Once a mos. they continue to Archery Ga. Jimmy Carters boyhood farm. You help folks on and off the train steps and are assigned a specific passenger car each run. You can also help in commissary car. We both enjoyed it. This was our 3rd GA SP. BUT fitst as train hosts. All volunteers meet Wed. morning for deep train cleaning for a few hrs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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