Archie, you should have hung a lantern on the rear of the Lancer... :)
Cheers!
Jan
On 8/5/2010 10:18 AM, archie hayden wrote:
> Here is a story about a rail who became a "Bo" at least for about 50
> miles. One cold morning with about a foot of snow on the ground I
> faced a 60 or 70 car hike back to the power after putting our train
> back together at a crossing I had cut earlier. Right beside me was an
> auto rack with new Dodge Lancers and I figured "What the heck, I'll
> try my luck on one of the doors and the first one I tried was unlocked
> and get this had the keys in the car. It started right up and the
> heater worked fine so I radioed the head end to high ball and rode the
> auto rack all the way to West Quincy. The crew hauler picked me up
> when we got the train in the yard. I only ran the heater to warm up a
> few times as the gauge was near empty and I didn't want to run out of
> gas. What are the odds on everything lining up like this? Archie
> On Aug 3, 2010, at 9:20 AM, STEVEN HOLDING wrote:
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>> One nite working at Aurora Tower a westbound freight was going thru
>> as I made
>> the usual inspection. Auto racks use to be open and on the top deck
>> of one was
>> a guy reading a newspaper by the dome lite of a new car. Wonder how
>> long the
>> battery held out??
>> Steve in SC
>>
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>> From: "qutlx1@aol.com"<qutlx1@aol.com>
>> To: cbq@yahoogroups.com
>> Sent: Sun, August 1, 2010 8:33:19 PM
>> Subject: [CBQ] Railroad History
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>> There was a "camp" at Savanna,IL. It was at the west end of the Q
>> yard on
>> the North side and just east of the Milw xing. Bob "Gabby" Watson
>> pointed
>> it out to me one summer night after we caught the w/c on an
>> eastbounder at
>> the west end. The campfire was glowing brightly. After looking at
>> the notes
>> in Bud Lintroths latest edition of the "Peavine" history, I have to
>> wonder
>> if it wasn't on the old C.B.& N. R-O-W.
>>
>> This would have been sometime in the early to mid 70's.
>>
>> Leo Phillipp
>>
>> Ps-The "Bo's" were also common in Cicero. One night I had the "xxxx"
>> scared out of me by one as he came up behind me while I was walking
>> our train in
>>
>> depature yard. He just wanted to know which train went to Galesburg.
>>
>> On another occasion we pulled one off a CH east of Savanna in far
>> below
>> zero temps and let him ride in the W/C to Cicero.
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