All things are relative. This isn't railroad related
(except I believe they came on the train) but I had an
uncle--born in Kansas like the rest of his brother and
sisters, including my mother--who had lived and worked
most of his life in Maryland, Delaware, perhaps New
Jersey and Pennsylvania.
He did not marry until about age 50, and he brought
his bride out to visit the relatives in Oklahoma and Kansas
a few months later. She was originally from New York
State, and also had spent all her life in what we would
all call "the East."
Someone asked her if she had ever been west before.
"Oh, yes, I went to Pittsburgh (Pa.) once," she replied
in all seriousness.
We all remembered that a few years later when they
relocated to Inyokern, Calif., where my uncle had taken
a job.
Wes Leatherock
wleath@s...
On Sat, 24 Mar 2001, Richard Patterson wrote:
> Ed,
> Actually the whole comment was made in jest. However, I clearly remember my
> great grandfather, a rancher from southeast Wyoming, referring to his annual
> trips to Omaha on the stock trains as "going back east." He was born and
> raised in Appanoose County Iowa (near Centerville), homesteading in Wyoming
> in 1907. I guess the term "back east" is relative, since most areas we,
> Wyomingites, refer to with that term think of themselves as "Midwestern."
> Interestingly, I don't think we ever refer to California, etc. as out west.
> We don't usually think of it as "The West," but rather the west coast.
> Rick
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ed & Betty Padgett <epadgett@p...>
> To: BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Saturday, March 24, 2001 8:40 AM
> Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Lines west (and south)
>
>
> Rick,
>
> Does your comment apply if we lived East of Box Butte in Alliance?
>
> Ed
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rick Patterson <rpatter@t...>
> To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2001 7:54 AM
> Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Lines west (and south)
>
>
> > My apologies to all my friends from "back east" (east of Alliance). When
> I made my unfortunate reference to "flatlanders" I was referring to the
> altitude, not the grade.
> > Rick Patterson
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: John Mitchell
> > To: BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Friday, March 23, 2001 6:22 AM
> > Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Lines west (and south)
> >
> >
> > Check BB#35. Goreville Hill still has to have pushers.
> > This is not flatland!!!
> > John D. Mitchell
> > --- Ken martin <kmartin@c...> wrote:
> > > John
> > >
> > > To this guy who grew up in Burlington, Iowa is not
> > > flat however it cannot
> > > compare to the grades the C&S narrow gauge ran going
> > > to Leadville. 8^)
> > >
> > > Ken Martin
> > > Q and C&Sng modeler
> > >
> > > John Lewis wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Rick,
> > > >
> > > > You kill me! You have obviously never seen a
> > > westbound freight pull the hill in God's Country
> > > (Palmyra Missouri)...sometimes having to double or
> > > grab motors off a eastbound. Flat? Take a look at
> > > the grade from Mark Bottoms to the siding west of
> > > Palmyra!
> > > >
> > > > Besides, yall out in Wyoming have TWO Burlington
> > > (by gosh) O5s in your state!
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > John Lewis
> > > > San Diego California
> > > > (out real west!)
> > > > T
> > >
> >
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