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Subject: "Old Break".
From: "qrailroadman" <karl5631@a...>
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 15:43:08 -0000
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Bill, nothing against "Snuffy's" of course but, many years ago, while 
cruisin' down the ol' C&I, I overheard a conversation between a 
Brakeman and, I believe, Mr. Ross. The conversation was ocasioned by 
the separation of a train somewhere between Plano and Montgomery.

Apparently there had been some lively discussions concerning this 
separation before the head man left the cab. When the report from 
the "field" confirmed that a knuckle had been removed from a car 
the "Hogger" was irate and insisted that it MUST have been an "old 
break". He was so convinced that it had to be an old break he asked 
the head man "how old a break is it?" The reply was - - - "how long 
we been here?".

Karl


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