A Day in the Life of a Conductor

Episode 23

Willie and Trains

Willie tells about what it was like to work as a conductor on a train. 

Meet Willie

Will Costello grew up the way most of us did, in an apartment with two brothers and nine Great Danes. He took to art from an early age and studied animation in college. He loves Godzilla and piña coladas but he’s not that into yoga. Mr. Costello has bar-backed in the Big Easy, painted houses and joined couples in matrimony. We talked about some of that but mostly, Willie told us about trains, what they haul and people who still hitch rides on them. Hobo culture is alive and well. All aboard.