Guys, I have to tell you one more part of the switchman equation at the Hannibal yards. As you may recall in an earlier post Hannibal switchmen had a daily mark up by the men who held regular jobs. W
Brad,, Although I'm not positive, I was led to believe a Military leave of absence was for a tour of duty say 2,3,or 4 years. If a man stayed away in the military for a 20 year career he would probab
YES, YOU ARE RIGHT ABOUT THE TRAIN CREWS OPERATING ST LOUIS TO BURLINGTON, HOWEVER THEY DIDN'T HEADQUARTER IN BURLINGTON BECAUSE THEY HAD A STEP ON- STEP OFF AGREEMENT AT HANNIBAL. THAT WAY THEY SLEP
Glen, We lost Paul Lanning a couple of years ago and Larry Golden went into a nursing home a short time ago. One of the brakemen was Raymond Rigler and I'll check with Johnny V Rethorne who has the t
Glen, By the end of passenger service Joe had been restricted to yard service because of a heart condition. Buddy Koch was one of the engineers and I'll fetch others when I talk to Johnny V. Do you r
Take a look in Chapter six of Granger Country around the middle of the book and you will see one carried by the depot master. Conductors could have their eyes shielded from the light by the green par
The conductor's lamp was usually brass or nickel plated brass and more delicate than your everyday hand lantern used in freight service. They were heavy duty steel with tinning that took a lot of wea
Ralph Deverage or something like that. I remember he was a big gambler and carried a roll in his shirt pocket that would choke a horse. I also remember he fell asleep a couple of times and ran over t
Or was it Ralph Thilbert? It's hard to remember names when you only worked the job for one weeks vacation. I do remember sleeping in the back room of the depot. I also remember how well it paid. Seem
After looking at my employee TT I realized there was more than one assignment working out of Sterling. I had actually worked on train 92 and Karl was asking about the engineer on 94 the train that ra
Charlie was indeed a very colorful guy. I was a young brakeman in 1966 and got to work with Charlie quite a bit. He had a unique way of letting the engineer know when the waycar was on the main line
Dale and list I think what you are referring to...at least as I remember, is a flat blade shovel?with turned up edges to be used for shoveling and a cast iron hand grip on the end of the handle used
I noticed that the bas relief of Mark Twain was not evident in the photos. Has it been put away for safe keeping? It went on the tail end just above the signature. Archie -- Original Message -- From:
Leo OK, but there was a long standing one word term for early retirement on disability...Let me know when you're ready to have me reveal it. Pete Pete, At least from the 70s on we referred to it "as
Gerald's note about the picnic parks put along the railroad reminded me of something I saw as a young brakeman when I was working the branch lines of Illinois my first year on the job. On the outskir
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Glen, An old carman showed me how to move a car by myself at least a few feet. By grabbing hold of the flange right where the wheel is sitting on the rail and pulling straight upward the car will sta
Russ, I remember those days of no radios and the moves we made in the blind with only air and the engineer's knowledge of where he was. We would bring a train into the yard at East StLouis from Hanni
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