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Louis et al...I too was fascinated by the Lincoln yard photos..I was a brakeman working out of Lincoln summers 56, 57 and 58. I really never understood how that yard worked. In those days the head brakeman went to the roundhouse to get the engine and took it out to wherever his train was. I was always lost, but fortunately the "old head" engineers usually prevented me from getting totally lost.
I was also glad to see, in daylight those "infamous puzzle switches"..the old head would always caution me along these lines...You have to have memorized how the targets should look to get you where you want to go..Don't try to figure it out while you're down there on the ground...There's too many points and frogs together..you'll just get confused.
Pete
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From: LZadnichek@aol.com [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> To: CBQ <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Fri, Dec 8, 2017 11:19 am Subject: Re: [CBQ] Re: Bulletin #54 December 8, 2017
All - Bulletin 54 has arrived in frigid south Alabama! Another excellent issue. A special hats off to both Rupert and Leo for their in depth and illustrated articles. Rupert, how do you accomplish such outstanding research living some 8,100 miles from Western Springs? And, thanks to Jim for his beautifully illustrated look at Lincoln in 1959. My Dad was appointed Superintendent of Terminals at Lincoln in 1960. He had previously been appointed Assistant Superintendent for the Omaha Division in 1956. The Fierstein images brought back a lot of good memories of what the Lincoln yards looked like during the mid-to-late 1950s. Merry Christmas - Louis
Louis Zadnichek II
Fairhope, AL
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