During the early 8o's a ex. Q engineer "Charlie
Hunger" was Road Forman on the BN at Superior, WI. I
think he either came from Alliance or went there after
Superior. I lost touch with him.
--- Dave Lotz <dave_lotz@charter.net> wrote:
> Bill,
>
> There were several Hunger families in and around
> Burlington that worked for
> the railroad. I have other shots that Hank Kuepper
> took that are identified
> with one of the Hunger's at the controls. Also, the
> late Arn Hunger from
> Mt. Union helped greatly with gathering information
> and getting together
> some old heads for me to interview on the B&W issue.
>
> Dave
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BILL JELINEK [mailto:cbqrr@earthlink.net]
> Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 2:00 PM
> To: BRHSlist
> Subject: [BRHSlist] Picture made his day. . .
>
> I work with another engineer, Jay Hunger, who has
> told me in the past that
> the Burlington (and it's successor) has kept members
> of his family employed
> over 100 years. He didn't start work for the RR
> until after the merger, but
> he did work "Q" lines in Wyoming.
>
> I noticed the caption under one of the pictures in
> the latest BB indicated
> engineer "G. Hunger" was at the controls that summer
> day in 1940. So I
> showed him the Bulletin. Almost instantly an
> ear-to-ear grin and the words,
> "My dad's Uncle Gerald. . ."
>
> He got a kick out of it. Really made his day!
>
> Bill Jelinek
>
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