Re: [CBQ] Official Correspondence and Roy Brauner

[William Jackson <macon249@yahoo.com>]

Glenn, yes I heard the section house story from Brauner or "Stubs". I really don't remember the details much, but I heard it two or three times. Roy, was real good to me even after he went to Loram. Being off the Frisco, was like poison, we did not ask where someone was from, fearing we would be ask the same.

That somewhat left after the merger with Santa Fe. We all had a different attitude.

I had also ran into Gil Thiel and Bob Jabbens although I am not sure where they came form.

John Pohl, was the Supt, in Denver, and Mike Martin was also there. Dan Watts was Term Supt.

William Jackson  

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On Jan 28, 2013, at 6:15 PM, GLEN HAUG <glenehaug@msn.com> wrote:

 

Bill:
 
You mentioned Roy Brauner, who was very well-respected as an expert in track maintenance (so was Lamphier, but he was from the NP).  I heard a story once that when Roy was a youngster, his Dad was section foreman on the east end, and the Brauner family lived in the second story of the West Hinsdale depot.  Did Roy ever mention that to you?
 
Glen Haug

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Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 14:40:47 -0500
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Official Correspondence

 

Although I didn't run to a lot of those folks until the 80's, I ran into George Lamphier, Roy Brauner and the likes. Lamphier liked to fool the the young guys like me, which was easy to do. He would write notes on his track charts, study the night before and then he would say. "Lets go over and look at that rail we laid in 63. We were amazed that he would remember right where he checked it before. He would reach down feel the ball of the rail, and say "Well its only lost about a sixteenth" Those guys were great railroaders

Bill Jackson 

 

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