[CBQ] Star Brakemen

["superconductor80" <superconductor80@yahoo.com>]

List,

Sorry if this has been covered before, but, I was ordered for a train today 
that requires a brakeman and the crew caller told me to "take care of his star 
brakeman."  I thought he was just being funny and I asked why he called him a 
star brakeman and he mentioned that aside from the head and rear brakemen there 
were also star brakemen.  He said it was an old BN agreement (I would assume 
they were CB&Q guys) where when they came into town they were to go out first 
no matter what or it would be a claim for them.  Apparently that class of 
brakemen went when the last guy retired.  Now, first of all, were there really 
"star" brakemen?  And if so, were they prior righted from a particular 
terminal?  Did it have anything to do with passenger vs. freight service?  Just 
kind of piqued my curiosity.

Thanks,

Jeff  



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