[CBQ] Re: East End Job

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

Just a bit of info on the current BNSF situation.  There is still a Congo Job 
(technically the House 8 Job CHC305) that's a night job out of Western Ave.  It 
takes cars to the old sugar plant at Congress Park.  Congress Park has been 
whittled down to basically two tracks for run around purposes and has no west 
end access to the mainline anymore.  Also there are no more assigned jobs 
working the east end.  Up until about a year ago there were two (4501 and 4502 
with 4503 and 4504 being extra)but they are all xtra board jobs now.  I worked 
the 4501 a couple summers ago for about a month with Bill "Rickets" Kiro and RV 
Williams.  Bill had some hilarious stories about the "old breed" such as the 
often mentioned Jeep and Peanuts plus the Wissel (sp?) brothers.  Yet another 
side note, the 4502 was populated by GR "Barney" Joseph, Daro Reppy, and Brandt 
Scott. (Barney and Brandt were/are some of the last CB&Q guys) While the 4501 
was a quit job, those 4502 guys managed 12 and tow just about every night which 
is why those jobs are no longer assigned... :-)

As an old head told our class when we first hired out, "I feel sorry for you 
young guys, cause for you, these are the good old days..."  and how true it 
is...

Jeff    




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