--- In BRHSlist@egroups.com, amtrak347@a... wrote:
> In a message dated 7/20/00 10:14:35 PM Central Daylight Time,
karlre@r...
> writes:
>
> << Max "Toot-Toot" Wissel sorta had the "touch" with dynamics as I
recall. >>
>
> "Gabby " Watson could add a few more choice words to describe Max's
finese
> with the dynamic. West end Millegeville was the site of
a "shortened"
> NE-something or other waycar. Gabby's comment to Max via the
radio, was
> something like, "How thick was that brick wall we just run into?".
Waycar
> speed must have dropped from 60+MPH to about 30 MPH in 2 or 3 micro-
seconds;
> unfortunately, Conductor Watson stayed with the 60 MPH 'til he
reached the
> west end of the waycar. When the train arrived Savanna, Max
decided to walk
> to the Radke House, while I had the duty of trying to explain
to "Gabby"
> while riding in the van, Max's dunamic brake "technique". I did
ask Gabby if
> he was going to seek the assistance of a doctor or a lawyer when he
got to
> the motel, which was a comment better left unsaid.
>
> Bob
IS THIS THE SAME "GABBY" WATSON WHO WAS CONDUCTOR IN THE "NORTHERN
POOL" DURING THE EARLY 60s? IF SO, HE HAD A GOOD STORY ABOUT THE
DRAFT BOARD IN AURORA THREATENING TO DRAFT THE SUPERINTENDENT AND
TRAINMASTER IF THEY DIDN'T HIRE SOME OLDER PEOPLE DURING WWII.
BRAD
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