Leo
You mean old Hot Rod got a train over 30 MPH?????
sjh
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Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 9:36 PM
Subject: [BRHSlist] Special Events
> The recent discussion of trains slowing down thru Lemont,noise and people
> looking out for the trains brought back a real Q memory. If I miss a
detail
> or misstate something I expect one of my "brothers" to chime in with the
> corrections.
> Seems one day an "officer of the company" was riding w/Bob Harding on an
> Eastbound Zephyr thru Shabbona and as Bob slowed to something like 30 thru
> town the Official asked by Bob why. Bob proceeded to pull out a Supt
notice
> from a decade or 2 prior about a fair going on at Shabbona and to proceed
> thru town at reduced speed and whistle freely. When the official pointed
out
> that the notice was many years old Bob replied that he was correct but the
> notice had neither a begin or end date and was therefore still in effect.
> As I remember the story next day a cancellation went out.
> I can tell you Bob read the bulletin board every trip very completely.It
was
> required and besides it added to the O.T.
> Leo
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