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Saw something interesting last night.
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<p>[quote]Actually the conductor of this second train probably said something like, "There's a railfan standing out here; let's do something stupid and completely blow his mind!" [/quote] </p><p>Actually I used to work for the Cand O, back in the 60s and 70s, when it was Chessie, and they still had cabooses, five man crews, and ran GP-9s. Things are definately different now. No computers then. We used to write up manifests by hand, and make five copies, and hoop up bills, and train orders, and make switch lists by hand, and post car cards on the doors of the cars, on those little wood blocks, with a pocketful of tacks and a tack hammer. No radios yet. Hand signals and lantern signals at night. And switch tenders in little shacks, and, and .....................<span class="smiley">[:D]</span></p>
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