Re: [CBQ] Harry Bedwell - RR magazine

["LZadnichek@aol.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>]

September 8, 2014

 

Pete - My sentiments exactly. Well said - Louis

 

Louis Zadnichek II

Fairhope, AL

 

In a message dated 9/8/2014 11:52:37 A.M. Central Daylight Time, CBQ@yahoogroups.com writes:

Mike et al

I wish I had a dollar...or really anything of monetary value for every time I read one of those old stories in RAILROAD...My dad used to go "ballistic" when he caught me at it...It wasn't "girlie magazines"  it was RAILROAD..."Why are you wasting your time with that stuff that doesn't amount to anything...You'll never amount rto anything if you keep spending your time on that stuff...He threatened, and sometimes did take away other "privileges for violations of his admonitions.

Whether or not I have "amounted to anything" is a matter of personal judgment for those who know me, but I treasure my memories of those old stories which I could relate to over the years since during my railroading days things were still not too far removed from Harry B's day.  We were still making "drops"...running on "short time" on wait orders...picking up orders on the fly...everybody had a nickname...most of which were unprintable and "officials hiding out in the weeds" were to be feared.

I was fortunate to have railroaded during the time when things were pretty much as they had always been....I've been privileged to share some of these memories and experiences via this forum and in a couple of books which, at least some of you have enjoyed.

Pete

PS  don't tell anybody, but I occasionally pull out an old issue of RAILROAD....find a HB story which I have read many times before, and under the cover of darkness.....waste more time reading it again.

-----Original Message-----
From: mdecker@gwtc.net [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
To: CBQ <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Mon, Sep 8, 2014 10:26 am
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Harry Bedwell - RR magazine

 

I agree, Pete.  The stories in the book aren't "new", but still interesting to read every couple years.

BNMike

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