Steve et al
BAck in the day...when I was in the Freight Claims Department it was a common
thing to pay claims for autos on open top tri levels where "knights of the
road" had broken into autos...especially in the winter time. There was a small
amount of gas in each car. IIRC all of the keys except for the "key car" were
placed in one auto on the tri level and the key to that car was with the
waybill. The "bums" had come to know the "code" and would break into the car
with the keys, start it up and run it till the gas ran out and then take the
keys and move from car to car.
The boys would use the cars for reading, eating and shalll we say "sanitation"
purposes. I've assumed that the covered TL's now have pretty much ended that
practice.
Pete
-----Original Message-----
From: STEVEN HOLDING <sholding@sbcglobal.net>
To: CBQ <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tue, Aug 3, 2010 9:20 am
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Railroad History
One nite working at Aurora Tower a westbound freight was going thru as I made
the usual inspection. Auto racks use to be open and on the top deck of one was
a guy reading a newspaper by the dome lite of a new car. Wonder how long the
battery held out??
Steve in SC
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From: "qutlx1@aol.com" <qutlx1@aol.com>
To: cbq@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sun, August 1, 2010 8:33:19 PM
Subject: [CBQ] Railroad History
There was a "camp" at Savanna,IL. It was at the west end of the Q yard on
the North side and just east of the Milw xing. Bob "Gabby" Watson pointed
it out to me one summer night after we caught the w/c on an eastbounder at
the west end. The campfire was glowing brightly. After looking at the notes
in Bud Lintroths latest edition of the "Peavine" history, I have to wonder
if it wasn't on the old C.B.& N. R-O-W.
This would have been sometime in the early to mid 70's.
Leo Phillipp
Ps-The "Bo's" were also common in Cicero. One night I had the "xxxx"
scared out of me by one as he came up behind me while I was walking our train
in
depature yard. He just wanted to know which train went to Galesburg.
On another occasion we pulled one off a CH east of Savanna in far below
zero temps and let him ride in the W/C to Cicero.
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