Or was it Ralph Thilbert? It's hard to remember names when you only worked the
job for one weeks vacation. I do remember sleeping in the back room of the
depot. I also remember how well it paid. Seems every time we switched on the
other RRs tracks we were paid 1 hour or actual time at overtime rate. This
could happen several times per shift. The regular crew called them tips. The
job went to work at 3 am and as I recall made a turn at Denrock and returned to
Sterling. In my old timebook we were usually off duty around noon. The
conductor on the job was Mike Tadie who later lost his life right behind the
depot at Denrock. Back to the pay, legend has it that the Sterling job was the
highest paying job on the CB&Q in the 60s. Archie
----- Original Message -----
From: Archie
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 4:31 PM
Subject: Re: [SPAM][CBQ] Street Runin'.
Ralph Deverage or something like that. I remember he was a big gambler and
carried a roll in his shirt pocket that would choke a horse. I also remember he
fell asleep a couple of times and ran over the derail where the Q came onto the
C&NW as I recall. 42 years can cloud up a mind. Archie
----- Original Message -----
From: Karl L Rethwisch
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 3:27 PM
Subject: [SPAM][CBQ] Street Runin'.
Anybody remember the Engineer's name (Galesburg Dvn.) that ran 94 out
of Sterling for many years ???
Karl
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