I also enjoyed the posts very much. I was born in Aurora, and my family rode
the "Dinky" trains (as well as the CA&E, "Third Rail") for many years. My Dad
worked in the Aurora Shops during World War II, and was there when the first
dome car was built. The first time I recall seeing a "Dinky" was when my sister
boarded one at the Hollywood depot in 1957.
Verne Brummel,
Fitchburg,WI
http://trainsite.8m.com/slides.html
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "w3klf" <kf5632@...> wrote:
>
> I enjoy reading the Dinky and seniority list comments. I grew up in Aurora
> in a railroad family. My father hired out on the Q in 1914 and retired in
> 1958 (minus a short tour in France in 1918). As a freight conductor in 1925,
> he lost his right leg, due to faulty equipment, while doing a setout near
> Hinsdale. He spent the next 33 years as a baggageman, with a wooden leg.
> When he retired he was #1 on the baggageman's list, #5 on the conductor's
> list and #14 on the brakeman's list. He never wanted to return uniform
> service. His only uniform service as a conductor was on a motor car and they
> had run over an 18 month old child playing between the rails near Spring
> Valley. He covered the body with his coat and walked to Spring Valley to
> report the accident. It always bothered him.
>
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