This is stupid! Spell checker changes this when it send them.
Got to turn that off. This is what Outlook revised:
Leo,
"Velvet"? Could that name have start with "L"? Heard he stayed on the engine
to the bitter end.
Russ
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> Sent: Tuesday, 26 March, 2002 21:04
> Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Eola
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> > Russ, as to the Austin Western property I was referring to the property
> > EAST
> > of McClure(the back lot) there was a lead into there from the larger
> > property
> > of Austin Western, west across McClure. I shoved and pulled Austin on more
> > nights and midnights than I care to remember.Believe me,I used to know
> > those
> > leads.
> > The scrap dealer you refer to was Gordon Scrap(put a gon or 2 in there
> > too).They're long gone and so is the "industrial lead". I also remember the
> > time "velvet" (if I recall correctly) was tied on to a potash train in the
> > east yard and the "foot soldiers" forgot to tie the air in.He started
> > pulling
> > that train down to double it over and couldnt get it stopped w/the engine
> > brake and ended up slamming into a gon spotted at Gordon before coming to a
> > halt.Both the engine and gon were a little off center to the rails(still
> > have
> > a couple photos of that one).
> > The lumber dealer you refer to was indeed west of Farnsworth off the
> > "industrial lead" they were named Globe Lumber and had those strange,unique
> > rubber tired transports that ran from the spur up Farnsworth and New York
> > Streets to the lumber yard.Globe is gone now too and the site is owned and
> > operated by Siegles' out of Elgin. They're lumber comes in off the old
> > C.M.ST.P.&P. until Menards and Home Depot become a duopoly in the Fox
> > Valley.
> >
> > As to east yard 1 and 2, yes indeed they have been lengthened all the way
> > down to the west end of the yard and come into the lead as close to McClure
> > as possible. The slag hole ws sfilled in to accomplish this. So does 3;
> > which
> > is new. The old yard 3 is now 4,etc. Alll this was done a few years back by
> > inserting the new yard 3.
> > Leo
> >
> >
> >
> >
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