They mainly look for felony convictions. They will also look at your work history. If you have a felony on your record you won't get hired.

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What is it like working as a Amtrak Assistant Passenger Conductor? Will I be going home at night or no? I may be working out of Milwaukee.?

Cost for a train from NYC to Toronto?

Could someone please tell me how much a train ticket from New York City to Toronto costs and whether I should take the Amtrak train or go by Via Rail?

Both InterRail and Eurail have several different options.
For shorter and longer periods, for a longer time in one or for days in a longer period.
And for smaller areas.
Whether you qualify for InterRail or Eurail depends on where you live. Europeans and those who have lived in Europe for 6 months can buy an InterRail pass, the rest (and those non-Europeans who chose to) use Eurail.
That is not all of the continent, but all countries covered by the pass and a few more, mostly in Western Europe.

On this site you find more information on rail passes in Europe: http://www.seat61.com/Railpass-and-Eurai...
This is not an add video from the pass/ticket seller but a real comparison that comes with the warning that a rail pass is often not the best choice, for financial reasons.

If you love trains and want to do a lot of short hops going across country borders, on local and regional trains, the Gobal passes are likely the best choice.
If you want to do a few long distance travels within one country, a country pass for that country will likely be worth it, but if you are the average Europe back-packer, you will likely be better off by buying a few long distance train or airline tickets a few months before you travel and buy the rest of your tickets locally when you know that you are certain you will travel that day.

The term "coasting notch" does not seem to be used on electric trains - at least not in the UK. Most trains have five notches on the power controller - 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4. Position 0 is the notch used when coasting - it shuts off power to the traction motors. Typically, notch 0 is used when the train is stationary, or has reached its top running speed, and can coast before braking for a stop.

The most modern trains now have 'fore and aft' controllers - the middle position is 0, and the handle is moved backwards to increase power - some trains have notches between 'off' and 'full power', and on others, the controller can be moved to any arbitrary position between the two. Pushing the handle forwards from position 0 progressively applies the brakes to 'full service', where there is a 'notch': pushing it further past this notch makes a full emergency application.

The attached photograph shows the controller on a modern class 458 EMU