Larry, I remember reading something years ago, but can't remember where. They had marks for just about everything. If you could get a meal at a certain house, if the RR police were friendly, etc. . S
Leo, The longest stretch I can remember being on was 45 days in a row with at least 3 or 4 double (work 2- 8hr shifts in one day) starts while I was on the Engineers Extra list in the 80's. Gary O.
Leo, They installed one of the new xovers they built today at Eola. I'm working suburbans again, and we had a form "B" to get thru the work site. When I departed the Trans. Center on my return to the
Bob, Lets just get Krebs or Metra or both to spend alittle money to properly maintain the system. In fact, bring back cab signals on the C&I and raise the speed while we're at it. Gary O.
John To tell you how bad the C&I can get. I was heading west one night on a pig train. The ground fog between Cicero and Aurora wasn't too bad, but it was just a small warning of what will be further
The MILW did not come into LaSalle or Peru, but it did use trackage rights on the NYC to Howe. They ran steel trains from J&L Steel out of Hennepin. They also ran to Oglesby. Gary O.
Rich, I received mine in a very torn envelope. In fact, I didn't have to open it the normal way, just tore about 1 inch off the side and it fell out in my hands. That one inch was all that was holdin
Larry, When I was still in the freight pool last month we had a rider. The RR's are cracking down on riders especially since the rash of killings they have encountered. Bill Kurtis (Investigative Rep