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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