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Re: [CBQ] Re: Section trucks And the Checker

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Subject: Re: [CBQ] Re: Section trucks And the Checker
From: Rick Buck <firecad67@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 09:55:40 -0700 (PDT)
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A friend of mine who is a retired railroad cop told me the railroads liked the 
Checkers for Police car because they were so tough.  He said he hated to drive 
one down town because the drunks would mistake it for a taxi and try to hail 
him.

Rick Buck

--- On Sun, 10/5/08, Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com <Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com> wrote:
From: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com <Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com>
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Re: Section trucks  And the Checker
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, October 5, 2008, 8:25 PM










    
            In my early days on the Rock Island 1960-1961 there were some 
Checkers running around at some of the major terminals..Probably assigned to 
the Terminal Supt.? They were quite "roomy" and ideal for hauling crews...this 
is before the days of the van.



I had an experience once in Oklahoma after driving a crew from El Reno to Enid 
in the dark of the night in somone's Checker and on the way back I fell 
asleep...I, fortunately woke up when I hit the shoulder and got back ont the 
highway, but it was a terrifying experience which I haven't had since.



Anytime I see or think of a Checker I relive that experience.. .While they were 
quite roomy they were less than comfortable to ride in...Kind of like the 
proverbial.. .lumber wagon.



Pete



-----Original Message-----

From: Cy Svobodny <ctsvobodny@yahoo. com>

To: CBQ@yahoogroups. com

Sent: Sun, 5 Oct 2008 4:58 pm

Subject: Re: [CBQ] Re: Section trucks



When I first started working for AMTRAK('76) one of the BN employees at 
Minneapolis GN depot had a black Checker auto(huge taxi type) with a Q hearld 
on the front door. Did not photo it, thought it would be there later. After a 
short time he started driving something else. Don't know whatever happened to 
it. AMTRAK and BN employees did not talk to each other much except for work 
related items so I never asked. I think the car was his personal car that he 
bought from BN when they did not need it. It was maybe used to haul crews 
around, that function was out-sourced at some locations. 



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