Re: [CBQ] Re: Employee moves and crew calling

[Scott Walker <jscottw46@yahoo.com>]

If you can get your hands on a 1948 Rand McNally Railroad Atlas, all
these places can be found.  Starting in the late 1960's and into the
70's  they really began to disappear as these branches were abandoned. 
Maybe somebody else on the list knows of a current source for this.

Scott Walker

On 1/26/2011 9:54 PM, dieselpop1 wrote:
>  
>
> Is there a map somewhere that shows all these places and branches
> y'all mention?
>
> --- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com <mailto:CBQ%40yahoogroups.com>, qutlx1@...
> wrote:
> >
> > Many of the Aurora Division operating employees lived w/in the required
> > distance of the Aurora Depot long after phones became common. While
> it was
> > rare; upon occasion a cab driver would be sent to knock on a door
> and deliver
> > a message if no one had answered the phone.
> >
> > The UTU lodge 171 files contain some interesting episodes of crew
> calling
> > incidents.
> >
> > While only a few duys utilized it......Well into the 1970s there was a
> > local agreeement that the morning rush hour dinky crews could
> request a wake
> > up call,even though they were a regular member of the crew. If the
> caller
> > failed to make the call the guy could just roll over and stay in bed
> and get
> > paid for the day.
> >
> > Leo Phillipp
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
> 



[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]



------------------------------------

Yahoo! Groups Links

<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CBQ/

<*> Your email settings:
    Individual Email | Traditional

<*> To change settings online go to:
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CBQ/join
    (Yahoo! ID required)

<*> To change settings via email:
    CBQ-digest@yahoogroups.com 
    CBQ-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com

<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
    CBQ-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com

<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
    http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/