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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by jeaton</i> <br /><br />Mitch <br /> <br />Actually, there was probably dozen of us or so in an under 25 group. We hung out and partied (off duty, of course) a fair amount. Among the whole roster, I'd have to say there was almost the whole range of people, some good, some not so good. Among the engineers, Jim McCorkle was one of my favorites. He mostly worked evenings when I was there, and from time to time he would let me run a few stops. <br /> <br />I started in the spring of 1959, and worked there for about three years. On that job, it didn't take very long before it was same ol', same ol'. I swear, I could ride on train blindfolded, and say exactly where we were. I was trying to take some courses to continue my college education, but the randomness of the schedule was messing me up. One day, I was deadheading into Randolph Street to get my evening rush assignment and as we rolled into the station I thought, "I don't want to get up and I don't want to sit here either." It was time to move on. <br /> <br />Jay <br /> <br />PS Now I know for sure you never rode in my car. For all the tickets I handled, I would have detected a difference in the texture and thicknes of the stock.[;)][;)] <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />I knew Jimmy McCorkle. He was one of the last suburban engineers to wear overalls and a jacket ( the complete engineers' uniform) . <br /> <br />You wouldn't have detected a difference in the stock. I was able to get red "china" stock to do this with. I traced the validator die impressions and used a type writer ribbon to re-create it on the back. I never tried to use them for passage. Just for show. this included the auditors' stub with the line "Void if detached" done in reverse. <br /> <br />I always wanted to work IC Suburban. <br /> <br />Mitch
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