Thank you very much, Bob!
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "rgs20460" <amtrak347@...> wrote:
>
>
>
> Jonathan -
>
> I thought Karl Rethwisch would have answered this for you by now, but since
> he hasn't (that I'm aware of), I believe I can identify one of the engineers.
> The engineer on the 4960 at Rockford is Henry J. Groesch, aka "Izzy" or
> "Isadore" and a was "legend" in his time. His "mug" was on the dust jacket
> of the book, "Diesels West", by D.P.Morgan and published by Kalmbach in 1963.
> His son, Larry, well into his 70s, is an engineer on the BNSF at Rochelle
> and carries on the family tradition. Interestingly, Larry was one of the few
> 1964 Award 282 severed firemen who was "recalled" by the 1973(?) Engineer
> Training Agreement.
>
> As for the engineer on the 5632, Oregon Turn fantrip in 1962, I will defer to
> Karl Rethwisch for his input, as he might have been the fireman on it. Don't
> know if the OT was a six day job at this time or not; it could be the regular
> engineer or an Aurora Extra Board engineer. Maybe SJH of SC, since he is
> "retired" now and has plenty of spare time on his hands, has all his "stuff"
> unpacked after his recent move, could go thru all his dispatcher sheets, and
> positively identify the engineer for us. After he does that, maybe he could
> look for the engine crews on the 9/6/1959 double-header trip with the 6315 &
> 5632. One must stay active, mentally, when 'retired'.
>
> Bob Campbell
>
> --- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, jonathanharris@ wrote:
> >
> > I apologize for my late-night brain-addled obscurity. The photos were (and
> > are) posted in a new album entitled "Who's in the Cab" in our Photos
> > section.
> > Jonathan
> >
> > --- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "Dave Lotz" <Dave_Lotz@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Jonathan,
> > >
> > > Did you post these to the photos area? If you trioed to attache them,
> > > remember the CBQ list still strips off attachments.
> > > Yahoo Groups has a new feature that is available for us to allow
> > > attachments. I should start a new poll to see if this is something the
> > > groups would like me to enable.
> > >
> > > Dave Lotz
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of
> > > jonathanharris@
> > > Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 12:20 AM
> > > To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> > > Subject: [CBQ] Who's in the cab?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Here are a couple photos of engineers (?) on fantrips. The color shot of
> > > 5632's cab was taken at Flag Center 6-23-62; the black and white of 4960
> > > was
> > > at Rockford (on the turntable) sometime in (I believe) late summer of
> > > 1964.
> > > Wondering if anybody knows these men, and if so whether their families
> > > might
> > > want a photo?
> > > Jonathan
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > >
> >
>
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