Carl
Railroader Emeritus (practiced railroading for 46 years--and in 2010 I finally got it right!)
CAACSCOCOM--I don't want to behave improperly, so I just won't behave at all. (SM)
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
cherokee woman wrote: Just finished reading Ed's story, Read the Rule" in the March 2007 TRAINS! Ed, that is one FANTASTIC story!! I was riveted, and couldn't stop until I finished. (That doesn't always happen with me.) Sure do hope you contribute more stories like that one!!!
Just finished reading Ed's story, Read the Rule" in the March 2007 TRAINS!
Ed, that is one FANTASTIC story!! I was riveted, and couldn't stop until I finished. (That doesn't always happen with me.) Sure do hope you contribute more stories like that one!!!
RJ
"Something hidden, Go and find it. Go and look behind the ranges, Something lost behind the ranges. Lost and waiting for you. Go." The Explorers - Rudyard Kipling
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Another moral to the story:Read between the lines.
Nice story. So I guess the moral is, if you think you are about to die and want to continue working for the railroad after you are dead, make sure you cross the property line before dying.
By the way what is your favorite flavor?
"No soup for you!" - Yev Kassem (from Seinfeld)
Ed ("Skinny") -
I very much enjoyed your story.
LC ("Junior")
LOL!!
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edblysard wrote: Carl,How long before you got "the big picture" speech?
Carl,
How long before you got "the big picture" speech?
Never got that one in my training--however, in my never-ending quest to do things right in spite of others' ideas, I got it often. Fortunately, about eighty percent of the time, I later got to give them my short-and-sweet "Told ya!" speech. I haven't heard "big picture" more than twice since the UP takeover.
.....Received my March TRAINS today and of course right away hunted down Ed's article. I wasn't dissapointed. It was written to put us right on the spot of being present as it happened.
Next time Ed, send Kathy some photos and encourage her to bring us another of your good reports with some photos to go with it.....
Your article was a good interesting one.
Quentin
CShaveRR wrote: My issue arrived today, too--finally! Ed, nicely done! And the lesson was obviously well taught, and well received.Speaking of deadpan trainmasters, I had one tell me when I was training for this job that under no circumstances was I supposed to think. I didn't find out that this was his wry humor until a few days later.Never did stop thinking, though.
My issue arrived today, too--finally!
Ed, nicely done! And the lesson was obviously well taught, and well received.
Speaking of deadpan trainmasters, I had one tell me when I was training for this job that under no circumstances was I supposed to think. I didn't find out that this was his wry humor until a few days later.
Never did stop thinking, though.
Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.
Hey Ed, my copy of the March issue was waiting for me when I got home from work an hour ago, and I stood in the kitchen with my coat still on and tracked down your story, ignoring all the other pictures and articles. It didn't take much reading to get me ROFL!
Great story, I hope we'll get to see more of them in future issues.
Brian (IA) http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net.
got the magazine today!!! matt was busy asking where is Seattle! told him i wanted to see Eds article. Nice job Ed!
stay safe
Joe
Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener").
Ed,
I have been working on a book from where Im retiring ,sorta..Im calling it a chronology though rather than a book..It has all the stuff that s happened at the department in it since Ive been here..21 yrs..Recon Trains would want a copy? It dont have any bad words or lies in it...
Ed
Excellent piece. As Matt noted both a story and a lesson. Congratulations are definately in order.
Jay
"We have met the enemy and he is us." Pogo Possum "We have met the anemone... and he is Russ." Bucky Katt "Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future." Niels Bohr, Nobel laureate in physics
uhhh, yeah I did...
Forty-two wrote: edblysard wrote:The cook at the Diner has a lot more pull than we knew?I wonder why the cook at the diner doesn't share her copy?!
edblysard wrote:The cook at the Diner has a lot more pull than we knew?
I wonder why the cook at the diner doesn't share her copy?!
Actually, it's Mutt's copy, and we did offer it to her. She wants to wait for her own copy.
Ed, I don't know that I've got any more pull than anyone else around here. Since it's your article, didn't YOU get an "advance" copy?!?!
CSXrules4eva wrote: Well Way TO GO ED!!! I do have one question though. Why didn't I get my issue of Trains yet?????? I want to read the article!!!!
Well Way TO GO ED!!!
I do have one question though. Why didn't I get my issue of Trains yet?????? I want to read the article!!!!
I'll add my two cents in here and say "well done" also. not only did Ed give us a fantastic, atmospheric story about working in a railroad yard with larger than life characters, but it was wrapped inside a universal truth that anyone could relate to. Nicely done.
Matt Van Hattem
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