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This reminds me of a safety poster done by CBQ's Tom
Walker. It showed two worried men pumping a handcar with a diesel
tailgating them. One of them something like "Are you sure you checked the
lineup?". I also witnessed (visually and on the radio) when a hi-railer
got on the tracks, and then on a bridge with an oncoming train headed for
them. The operator was frantically calling them to back up and get off the
tracks. When they saw the train they put it in reverse and complied.
Norm Metcalf, Boulder Colorado
On 1/13/2014 7:36 AM, archie hayden
wrote:
Hol,
Thanks for bringing us up to speed on the motor cars. Pun intended.
Since we are speaking of the motor cars that our fine brothers of the
section were in charge of, old heads told me of several burial grounds along
the right of way that harbored the remains of a wayward motor car who paid no
attention to the lineups. I did not dig there to validate the story but
often wondered if it was that easy to "cover up" such an incident. The
only thing I ever dug up was a pot belly stove some section men told me about
from the shelter at Lentner, Mo. Lo and behold it was still there about
a foot below the cinders. Kind of rusty. Archie also kind of
rusty.