Oh yeah! He did the same to me - very early in my career, just west of Mendota,
out the door he goes. Deep knee bends. Popped back in to blow the horn then
right back outside.
Slack wasn't the only thing he kept tight. I once offered him coffee from my
thermos. He takes and pours half of mine into his thermos, then proceeds to add
water to his.
I heard he had a lot of Q stock. And didn't he do his layover in the Savanna
roundhouse?
Oh and the fusee thing was at either Eola or on the C and I - not on the branch.
Doug
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From: "Leo qutlx1@aol.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
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Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 09:58:56
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Subject: Re: [CBQ] Student Trips
Got me. The only thing I can think of was you were between Denrock and Savanna
and he complying with rule 99.
One never got in any trouble with him as he was always complying with the
rules. Well except sometimes......
I'll never forget the first trip with him on the Wayfreight around the horn.
Were rolling along westbound on the pump handle on a beautiful summer day. I'm
taking in the scenery for awhile then look across the cab and there's no one in
the engineers seat ?! Were moving at more or less trk speed. I find old #1 out
the back door on the walkway playing catch with a tennis ball off the side of
the engine ! Others have told me that's where he would do his deep knee bends
also while rolling along.
Remember how he would make each and every station stop to do work with the
train stretched tight as a rope so you had to get the slack each and every time
?
Hey he stayed around well over 50 years.
Leo
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> On May 21, 2014, at 9:09 AM, "dhartman@mchsi.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
> wrote:
>
> Leo,
>
> Speaking of Old #1, maybe you can clear something up. He did something I've
> never seen anyone do. We were backing a long cut somewhere at night (long
> time ago, can't remember details) and he's leaning out the window with a lit
> fusee.
>
> I have no idea why he'd do that. I mean, it was never hard to figure out
> where the engine was at night. And it seems to me a fusee would mess up his
> night vision.
>
> He was often doing things differently, no? But this one always puzzled me.
> Any idea?
>
> Doug
>
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> From: "Leo qutlx1@aol.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
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> Date: Tue, 20 May 2014 15:37:28 -0500
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> Subject: [CBQ] Student Trips
>
>
> The day I saw Jeeper do his time card holder toss we were going by the
> Eastbound C&I way frt as it was heading into the passing track at Rochelle at
> the pocket switch. Jeep must have laid out some move involving cutting
> something off on the main,leaving something in the pocket and coming back
> thru the high switch at the other end of the pocket..... Because the Waycar
> was heading into the pocket,he was on the back step hanging onto the grab
> iron trying to get the attention of the 2 extra brkmn., who seemed
> lost,confused and dazed. Finally Jeep just took the time card holder he had
> been flagging down with and just tossed it in their direction.
>
> I'm sure old #1 up in the cab was happy as could be as 12 hours were pretty
> much guaranteed.
>
> Leo
>
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>
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