> Edgemont, SD quite a place... When they transferred me there, my wife cried.
I can certainly understand why she did that. I didn't even like spending the
few hours there as my away-from-home terminal working out of Alliance, and I
tried to limit those occasions to as few possible.
Being engineer on the Edgemont to Deadwood local was a kick though. I really
liked that run.
Things must have certainly changed on the Edgemont-Gillette territory from when
I was working into Gillette. At that time they needed bodies so bad that you
couldn't get fired if you tried, and several tried just to get a few days off.
"Dispatcher to extra 5835 west, did you get by the absolute signal at west
Moorcroft?"
"Extra 5835 west, Yes, I skidded by it a few feet."
"Ok, well back her up into the clear."
"But.. you don't understand dispatcher, I got past the red absolute."
"Yeh, back it up into the clear and wait for a signal."
When I was working out of Sheridan I went to Minneapolis and talked to the Soo
Line. While talking to the Soo Line human resources fella he asked me if I knew
anything about Edgemont, SD? I said yes I had worked into there. He asked me,
"What is wrong with that place? We get at least one inquiry a month from BN
people there wanting to come to work for the Soo."
AK
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