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Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2017 13:14:24 -0500
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Pete,

The age 70 forced retirement age came into place in the 1950s in the files I've been reviewing. My understanding that rule was eliminated during Ronald Reagan's presidency. Employees can work as long as they wish as long as they can meet the requirements.

Leo

On Jun 30, 2017, at 1:07 PM, Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

Leo and Louis


Interesting to hear about someone still working as a locomotive engineer who is almost as old as I am..(81)...I thought that...even back in my day (1956) that an arbitrary requirement for engineers was agreed on by both "The Company" and BLE and Bof LF&E.  

Can they keep on working as long as they can pass the "physical"..??

I believe that steam was last used on the Omaha-Lincoln divisions in fall 1959.  In my first summer as a trainman  (1956) there was still lots of steam working the yard at Lincoln and some on the Lincoln-Hastings line.  I think also some was used on "Lines East" into fall 1959.  If that's so then Mr. Hill could have fired steam in his first year.

Also in the summer 1956 a steam engine (5080 was one I saw at least) was kept hot at Ravenna as protection.  In those days waycars were still being changed at Ravenna and I made a trip or two off the extra board from Lincoln-Ravenna and saw the 5080 at work on the Ravenna switcher..)Hours 1:00am-9:00am.  

In late summer 56 I was "forced" on the Ravenna switcher for a three week stint...a lousy job..Night hours and no OT.  Well, I thought maybe I'll get a break and get to work with steam.  Well, it never happened.  Here's why..

At that time two locals worked out of Ravenna.  There was the Ravenna-Aurora-Burwell local and the Tri weekly Lincoln-Ravenna local.  Both those locals used Geeps as regular power and they worked out of Ravenna on alternate nights..Hence there was always a "Geep" available for night use on the switcher..An excellent and efficient use of motive power but "fatal" to my hope and dream  to work with a steam engine. Also that 5080 was run to Lincoln every month or so for "inspection"..They would usually tie a few cars on her and run her extra..I never got to do that either...

Hence I never got the opportunity to make the claim that I could have made to "have worked in PAID REGULAR REVENUE SERVICE on steam.  

I do hold claim however to have "worked" in NON PAID revenue service firing RPLN 440  Nee B&MR 156 on the Rock Port Langdon and Northern..ages up to 9.  

Pete


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From: LZadnichek@aol.com [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
To: cbq <cbq@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thu, Jun 29, 2017 5:40 pm
Subject: [CBQ] Still Working As Age 78

 
June 29, 2017
 
Leo - Here's someone else you may want to interview:
 
 
Mr. Hill started out firing Q steam at Galesburg in 1959. He's still working as a BNSF hogger at age 78. That must set some kind of record, at least for today. I'd like to have some of his DNA!
 
Wonder if he's a BRHS member or knows about this Group? Best Regards - Louis
 
Louis Zadnichek II
Fairhope, AL
 
 



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