In a message dated 11/10/02 8:25:09 PM Central Standard Time, qutlx1@a...
writes:
> leaves Eola w/88 cars (that's right 88!) headed for Wedron. With his train
> orders is a message
from the Eola Ydmstr (why him and not the DS?) to keep the Jordan spreader
> next to his engine until he meets the section crew at milepost xx. xx
Isn't a Jordan Spreader a REO, even in 1941? Lucky the Yardmaster and T&E
crew weren't fired for taking 88 cars BEHIND a spreader (were the "wings"
leading or trailing?)! Just another example of the management trying to save
a buck by not properly ordering a work train.
RC
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