Bob,
I'm sorry, but I was not from Aurora and did not do my drinking
or socializing in that area.
Jerry and Don actually worked together on the Congo for a while
and I think that this was one of those deals where they both
used me as a sounding board for their point of view.
Did not know that Don has passed away but I left the Chicago
area in 1979. Do not recall seeing his name at La Crosse.
While I certainly cast no doubt on anyone else's abilities I
always took the position that Jerry was the best Engineer on
both the Railroads I had contact with, the CB&Q/BN and the IHB.
While working the Raton job I certainly had a great deal of
respect for the Engineers at that location. The H-DENBAR is
often over 10,000 tons. About the only thing I had to do is
get the right personnel on duty and they would get the train
over. For that matter with that small crew base even if I
didn't get the crew combination right I'd be called and told
about it. While Amtrak is another story I never had a freight
stall between Jansen and Raton. Since the Raton to Albuquerque
portion almost always had to be DPed in order to comply with
the dynamic braking restrictions going down Glorieta the
inbound crews would usually have the train set up so all they
needed to do was make a joint and condition the power. They
were good people to work with.
Russ
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From: amtrak347@aol.com
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, 07 April, 2004 20:05
Subject: Re: [CBQ]
Russ -
And I'll bet you heard that story in one of Donny's favorite hangouts (Lake &
Indian Trail in Aurora)! "Goon Belly", as he was affectionately known, was
Local Chairman of the BLF&E (fireman/hostler's union prior to becoming the
UTU-E in 1968) after Jerry $hoemaker (Sr.) was thrown out as LC. The reason
for
$hoe's departure was that he surrendered a "trunk full" of valid time claims
of
many firemen, for payment of his own claims. Hansen inherited the job and
the no longer "good", Trunk Full of timeslips, worth a "fortune". Hansen was
quite a character and fun to be around. Too bad he died before taking the
pension.
Bob
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