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John et al Al Holck and I once had a discussion about what "protect" a job or assignment meant..It was almost always used when assigning someone to a job whether as trainman, engineman or clerk. A couple more: "See no failure"..."get that lined up"..."be governed accordingly" acknowlege and oblige".."develop the facts, discover the cause and determine your responsibility, if any, in connection with.....some sort of "incident...involving a rules violation and/or damage.
Pete
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From: 'John D. Mitchell, Jr.' cbqrr47@yahoo.com [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> To: CBQ <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thu, Apr 23, 2015 9:29 pm Subject: Re: [CBQ] Bob Chick
Pete
There is another one of those "railroad expressions", that I had forgotten about! Only a railroader would say, "I'll arrange to make myself available". Presumably, it was to "protect" an assignment.
John
From: "qutlx1@aol.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2015 9:22 PM Subject: [CBQ] Bob Chick
For those among the group who remember him,tonight's local paper has Bob Chicks' obituary.
He was 92 when he passed last Saturday. Bob was the Aurora zone switchmans local chairman for many years. When I visited him some time back to gather info. For a future article he talked about a couple other things that might be of interest. He served in Pattons third army during the march through France and Germany. He was very proud of that service. He also told me he had been offered the labor relations position when Egbers retired. I think that's the right name. Supposedly he went downtown on a Zephyr and was interviewed and offered the job. His account was he turned it down when told of the amount of travel involved. I'll never forget his response when I called to make the appointment to see him. His response was "I'll arrange to make myself available" at that time. As Earl Curries title states" It gets in Your Blood" Leo Phillipp __._,_.___ Posted by: jpslhedgpeth@aol.com __,_._,___ |