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Okay I know what your thinking, so get all these erotic thoughts out of your mind. I was a High School Junior when is occurred. Roses, the flowers, got stripped, of thorns etc, depending on the ...

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Doctor Bob .... Doctor Bob … Please report to the OR. I got called to unload a Comanche at the plant. Was a 359 pm call, and we waited an hour and a half for the train to arrive. The ...

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Jimmy Cross again and a few others I am back from my management task. Renzeberger is the BNSF contracted carrier for yard crews and the road as needed. Carol is about 58 to 65 years of age...

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I did it and walked it. It was a good walk and 3 hours 33 min. Not bad for a dumb ol rail. We saw Susie n Alex again. Susie ran the half with my wife. They watched the dumb ol Coops,...

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Every job has its stupid things that happened. I am trying to remember a few. Jimmy Cross Jimmy was a good ole southern boy. He started out with the FEC (Florida East Coast) Railroad. He was g...

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Unless, I can remember some other events, about Eddie, this will be last entry on the subject. I have noticed over time, Eddie is more agitated, nervous, than usual. I am sure that over time, the...

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It is late. About 930 pm, I am due for call maybe an empty, and maybe the 594. I think it’s gonna be the 594, and I am in that rotation. Sleep days work nights, and I feel good. I’ll watch the ne...

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Pueblo..Downtown Motel 1978 I laugh at some of these, and am sad at the same time. I come into Pueblo, CO about 800 pm. Eddie is yarding a freight, possibly the 594, a drag freight into Denver. T...

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I met Eddie, while I was a fireman, on the Santa Fe. Eddie hired out of La Junta, CO. His seniority, during the Santa Fe era in the mid 70’s and late 80’s, was the First Subdivision, La Junta, Co...

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I found this by accident. Nothing happened out of the ordinary, other than a set out in the Colorado Springs yard. This is still double track. I will show the clearance card, and the train ord...

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I was transferred to the Southwest Power desk. I lost track of Dee, because he was still in Lubbock, TX or was he? Night Rotation NOC Ft Worth, TX: I was on my last three days of nights, before I...

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I was working the South Central power desk, after the merger in Ft Worth, TX. Let’s just call this person Dee. A male, a young management candidate. His first name was Demetrius, and Dee was the ...

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The Santa Fe and the Rio Grande, bought and crushed the slag, from the Blast Furnaces at the CF&I Steel Mill. The Rio Grande’s pit was near Southern Jct. The Santa Fe’s was at the foot of the...

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Again what can I write about Barry and not be banned. Barry was a free spirit, and it took him a second try to get promoted, but he turned out to be a pretty good engineer. Train 594.. Pueblo, CO...

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A few tales, working in snow, drifting snow, blowing snow. Coal load in 1980.. This was a trip, without real consequence. We got the call, reported to BN 31st Street yard office. Left town, grabb...

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We walked down from our hotel, to the Denver Union Depot. This is not the DUT I knew in my early days of railroading. RTD ( Regional Transportation District ) bought the Depot, along with th...

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The 2574 was a CF-7 rebuild. The Santa Fe shops in Cleburne, Texas, rebuilt old F-7 car body units, into a road switch type of locomotive. Some were good, and some were bad. some, couldn’t pull m...

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We flagged in to the siding and the DS asked if we would stop close to the south switch with the rear end. He wanted to make sure the switch would line back to the main line. We’ll spot Dennis...

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This was a storm in magnitude I have never experienced before, nor again since I have lived here. Yeah, we’ve had some good storms since I moved back and retired, but this was “THE BIG ONE”. ...

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It was a warm day at 23rd St, I was working for the BN still in the shops. I was the on 700 am to 300 pm shift, as an apprentice. It was the usual routine, work inbound freights, running repairs,...

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On time .. The railroads set a standard. They also are instrumental in our time zones. Back when train orders were the essential instructions, a proper timepiece and in good repair was the no...

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Your thinking, what is this ? what does this have to do with Railroads, railroading? Well Kowabungda Dude!!, ( Dudette’s too ) . I will relate and you’ll see what this turns into. Put your best H...

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I was holding a regular run as engineer, in the mid to late 70’s. I worked with older train crews and the younger ones as well. The Powder River Basin is breaking forth, lots of lignite coal goin...

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These are a few vignettes, that standout over the time I did the Power Desk, for the Santa Fe. The people at Newton were great, and pulled no punches … It was either available or not. Two men sto...

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ROADRAILER were the “new” technology. What is a ROADRAILER ?, it was a truck trailer, equipped with a set of railroad wheels on the back. They were tucked under for highway use, but could be e...

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