Yes, Pete it was Bill's dad. They moved to Hannibal in the summer of
1967 from Childress, Tx where he had served as an official. Bill
worked in the depot at Childress as a clerk and he told me a funny
story about their "depot dog". Seems like the cook on the evening
passenger train took a liking to the dog and would fix the dog and
Bill a big roast beef sandwich before they departed. It was Bill's
duty to pass the meal on to the dog and he was tempted to eat them
both himself but the dog was glaring at Bill and growling that night
so Bill lost his nerve and fed the dog. I bet the dog would have
squealed on Bill if he hadn't shared. I have a picture of that Depot
dog.
On Oct 14, 2011, at 11:07 AM, Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com wrote:
>
> That one is indeed a classic...would one or more of the OWW's be a
> participant.
>
> Pete
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: archie hayden <kliner@mywdo.com>
> To: CBQ <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Fri, Oct 14, 2011 9:10 am
> Subject: Re: [CBQ] Torpedos
>
> Leo, I remember the night our trainmaster and road foreman of engines
> alled us on the radio and told us to stop at the next station for a
> utt chewing. We had passed their vehicle parked in the weeds at
> rack speed when they said we should be at restricted speed because of
> he guns or torpedoes we had hit. Which we had not heard we claimed.
> hey later returned to the place they had put down the torpedoes and
> ound them right where they had left them on the passing track. We
> ould have never heard this part, but the road foreman was the father
> f our local chairman and he fessed up at Sunday dinner. The moral of
> his story is stick to your guns. Archie
> n Oct 14, 2011, at 8:06 AM, qutlx1@aol.com wrote:
> > Also I should add the most frequent use of torpedos by the 70s
> were in
> online "signal/rule tests" to see if the crew complied.
> I suspect there will be further discussion on this point.
>
> Leo Phillipp
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