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[quote]Originally posted by edblysard So thats the goods on Radio Joe...always wondered what that was about, only seen it twice in 7 years. We have a yardmaster who fits thats description, we call him "microphone mike" because mike never has the mike away from his mouth. Still see some switching marks, but not as much as I used to. There is someone doing a stylized version of the rear window sticker kid peeing on a ford or chevy emblem, with UP instead of a car name. We mark a few cars when we are training new guys, when they havent figured out what the spot numbers are on switch list. Will keep a eye peeled for the "Solo Artist" to see if its signed. By the way, your mark was? Stay Frosty, Ed I'm certain no one remembers, I was "Zimmie" with a head-on view of a steam engine with the engineer hanging out of the cab. It wasn't fancy, because the idea was to do a lot of them quickly. I did the last one about '73. No time for that stuff as an engineman. Ed, remember "Willy the Weeper"? Actually, Radio Joe and Willy the Weeper were done by the same trainman to tweak two different guys.. You know about Joe, let me tell you about the Weeper. He was named that by one of his drinking buddies because when they were drinking beer together, Willy's eyes would start watering. The day before they started alcohol testing, the Weeper laid off. He came back to work "on the wagon" and stayed there. He got rolled several years ago, and part of the settlement was to retire. He was 67 at the time. There were hundreds of cars marked for Joe or Willy by a trainman who now works for the commuter road in Miami. I haven't seen one of them for some years, as they have faded or been obliterated by the "taggers". [who I detest, by the way.]
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