Nelson Cabrera

Bucket Talk

Overview

There aren't a lot of people out there who know more about train engines than our guest this week Nelson Cabrera aka “Crazy Salvadorian." Nelson fell in love with engines at a young age - starting his career working on diesel engines before making the jump to working in the railroad industry. In this episode Jeremy and Nelson talk through the ins and outs of his career path, the tricks of the trade he learned along the way, and dig into the history of locomotives and what it takes to stop a train when it takes three miles to slow down.

About

Tune in to hear more from Crazy Salvadorian about his engine addiction, his family life, and what it took to pivot from building Mustang engines that race trains to working on the trains he used to try and beat.