Re: [CBQ] Stars and bars

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

I'm extremely happy that I got my "on the ground" railroading done "back in the day"..when things were being done pretty much as they had always been...Also the "cast of characters has provided "fodder" for many memories and stories....

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From: Qutlx1 qutlx1@aol.com [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
To: CBQ <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sun, Mar 13, 2016 10:30 pm
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Stars and bars

 

And just think about all the changes in railroading in those two stars and bars time period !

Leo

On Mar 13, 2016, at 10:18 PM, Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

Well, how about this...if I had stayed and was still working I would wear  2 stars and 2 bars.  1956 - 2016...do the arithmetic  

Back in the 1940's  made a trip from Lincoln to Sheridan WY with my grandfather...at that time he knew all the old timers who were still working.  Tom Campbell was the conductor out of Edgemont to Gilette    He was the age then that I'm going to become next week.

Pete

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From: qutlx1@aol.com [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
To: CBQ <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sun, Mar 13, 2016 7:41 pm
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Stars and bars

 

And I should add that BRHS member Roger Field now has 50 plus years and is #1 on the seniority roster by a long margin. Yours truly would be #3 if still working and my brother is currently #3 and he's almost two years behind me. My old braking partner from the C&I pool days is #2.

Leo

On Mar 13, 2016, at 7:35 PM, qutlx1@aol.com [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

Pete,

On the Q a star represented 25 years. Each bar was 5 years. Worked with 

Lots of guys on the dinkies in the 70s with a star and 3 or 4 bars. Don't recall any one with two stars. But there were switchman and engineers who reached 50 years but they didn't have a way 

To display it. 

Go to page 27 in the recent BRHS Bulletin 51 to see the longevity of the Eola switchman. #1 has 44 years. I have a couple earlier seniority lists with several yardman north of 50 years shown.

Leo

On Mar 13, 2016, at 5:18 PM, Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

This is a question that I'm sure Leo and anyone else of his vintage and experience can answer....I'm embarresed that I can't remember, but I was asked the question and I need. help.

The passenger trainmen wore stars and bars on their uniform sleeves which signified their years of service.

I think that the Stars represented 5 or was it 10 years and the bars a single years and was their another emblem which came into play for long term service like 25 years.

Leo or someone else  please help....

Pete

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