Bob
He was their father and by the way, A.D. Haist was an
ex Beardstown Division dispatcher.
John
--- Bob Weber <eng95@a...> wrote:
> Leo,
> I'm just curious if you know if the Mr. Haist you
> refer to below is related
> to any of the Haist's on my 1956 telegraphers
> seniority list? It shows:
> V.L.Haist, Agt-Opr at Adair,
> F.C.Haist, Agt-Opr at Astoria and
> A.D.Haist, Trainmaster for the Beardstown Division.
>
> Bob Weber (3/2/1951)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <qutlx1@a...>
> To: <brhslist@Y...>
> Sent: Friday, December 27, 2002 7:39 AM
> Subject: [BRHSlist] A day in a Flagmans life
>
>
> > It's July 9,1928 and C Grossklags is the flagman
> on #2. A Mr Haist of the
> > Vice presidents office boards the train at Aurora.
> At Cicero #2 slows for
> a
> > stop and stay board but doesn't stop before the
> signal changes.Grossklags
> > says he is on the back platform w/flagging
> equipment at Cicero. At 16th St
> > the train is stopped on the main for under 2
> minutes and Grossklags says
> he
> > is on the ground at the back step w/flag in hand
> and before the train came
> to
> > a complete stop the engineer whistled in the flag.
> Upon leaving 16th St Mr
> > Haist advises Grossklags he's done a poor job of
> flagging.
> > ..[snip]...
>
>
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