Pete
Do you remember how to "Wabash", an air hose? You know
put the rubber gasket in the gladhand upside down.
That is the easy way to put it in, but when the car is
uncoupled, the air hose is pulled off the anglecock.
That's trouble for "the next guy"!
John
--- PSHedgpeth@a... wrote:
> RE: questions from non railroader
>
> Received his time.....got fired
>
> Close the gate...line the switch back
>
> 75 cars....how could he not know??''''That's the
> point...he did, but he did
> it anyway.
>
> The story is probably....highly likely..
> somewhat....or totally apocryphal
> (sp)
>
> Pete
>
> BTW I've got another one coming up...it's a bit
> longer so I thought that I
> had done enough for last night.
>
> I'll try to define all obscure terms in future
> posts.
>
> I came across my book of Dulin poems....SAGE AND
> HIGH IRON this
> morning...I'll get some of them on...He has lots of
> old railroad terms in
> his stuff which I'll be sure to define.
>
> Pete
>
>
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