Jeff
You asked about Eola Switch engines and I had hoped Leo would let us know the
number. In the Summer of 73 I caught the Agent North Aurora Job for two weeks
It was just a day spins clerk job after the recent introduction of COMPASS(the
reason I got hired in the first place) at the time there was a morning and
afternoon Nabisco Job, Armour Job, and West Chicago Jobs. They all left early
and returned about 3PM with another job on duty at about 3PM and it was my job
to do all the computer work(at the time all punch cards) you had to Spot and
Spin the decks and get the computer to take the info(dirt had a habit of
getting in the card readers)before you could give the afternoon jobs the lists
to do the switching. So I had the day foreman and the afternoon foreman both
standing there waiting till I got the Computer work done much to the dismay of
the Train Master who did not like anyone standing around. The clerks had if I
remember right IBM 1050's while the operator had a 2770(high speed) 1050's had
a bell while the 2770 had a buzzer which later working Third Trick Operator
Charlie(YDM) kept complaining because it kept him awake
Steve in SC
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "superconductor80" <superconductor80@...> wrote:
>
> The BNSF switch job is the CHC 105 out of W. Ave. It is a regularly assigned
> job now on duty at 0659 M-F. It is probably a quit job but I haven't worked
> it yet. Rumor has it we may be getting the Sheep Yard back so the Armor-Dial
> Job (303) and the Cat job (307) may go back on. We'll see.
>
> Speaking of the Sheep yard, what jobs worked there in the Q days? What was
> the Caterpillar plant (Montgomery IL) like back then? There are a lot of
> tracks that are no longer used. I have heard that the job that served that
> facility was a through freight. Also, how much business was done with the
> Steel place on the north side of the sheep yard by the Montgomery plant?
> Were they all Eola jobs?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jeff
>
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