For most railroad employees the job didn't stop when you went off the property.
Here's a true incident that took place at the office one night. I have changed
the names and a bit of the details to protect the identity of those involved.
This took place in the 70s so while it's Not Q it did take place on the old
Chicago and Aurora div.
Picture a couple young ladies out for the night sitting comfortably at the bar
in the office. As the evening goes on in walks a gentlemen and then a bit later
another. The first man turns out to be Bob, a BN engineer who is stopping off
for a cold one after 12 plus hours coming from Savanna to Cicero,except he
didn't make it to Cicero as the hog law got him. Coming into Aurora Bob had
suggested that given the short amount of time left for the crew that cars for
Congress Park be brought to Cicero and back hauled out to the Park.
The other gentlemen is Rich,who is a BN train dispatcher who is also stopping
off after his shift. Rich was the east end dispatcher that night.
Now the two guys start to have a heated exchange that goes something along
these lines. Rich asks Bob why he went and died on him on the east end. Bob
replies to Rich that if you had listened to me and let me bring the shorts into
Cicero instead of setting them out at Nabisco I wouldn't have died.
Can you picture the ladies trying to figure out what the xxxx the conversation
was about ?! You had to be there to see their faces.
As a bit of disclaimer the parties involved do not participate in this group.
Leo Phillipp
Sent from my iPad
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