When I was still doing my student trips for the UP out of Denver in June 1970,
I got on the front end of caboose on a local turn as we departed for Denver.
The conductor made certain I never even considered such a move again,
regardless of train speed. He pointed out the reason caboose grab irons were
shaped as they are and that I was expected to use them as they were intended.
He said I could be pardoned for all sorts of mistakes, but getting run over by
my own train was not one of them!
Jim Sandrin
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, Jpslhedgpeth@... wrote:
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> I saw a "classic" case one afternoon at Langdon, MO...Some train...probably
> the north local had completed it's work at Langdon and the rear brakeman was
> standing on the platform having a "chin fest" with the operator....They
> didn't have many cars and the acceleration was rapid.
>
> As the waycar approached I thought...that guy will never be able to get
> on...He did something I never saw another brakeman do...Instead of catching
> the curved grab iron at the rear of the waycar....He just started running as
> fast as he could before the waycar got to him...When the front platform
> caught up with him he just turned and JUMPED ON...never touched the
> grabirons....during my trainman days I never saw anybody do it that way again
> and I certainly didn't ever try it.
>
> Pete
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Noel Crawford <georgecrawfordsr@...>
> To: CBQ <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thu, Jul 18, 2013 10:11 pm
> Subject: [CBQ] (unknown)
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> On 7/18/2013 11:00 PM, Jpslhedgpeth@... wrote:
>
> .It was also a source of pride for some of the old engineers to leave town
> "at speed"...in an attempt to leave the rear end boys behind.
>
> witnessed that event more than once while growing up on the Q in York NB.
>
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