Lived So side chicago until 1950,Moved to LA 1950. Hired out on SP 1964 as opr/towerman. Worked Burbank Jct, Sagus, Oxnard. Moved to Idaho 1975 and hired out on Milw as opr (less than brilliant career move.) Transferred to train service as brakeman 1977 (briliant career move). Hired out on BN as brakeman 1979 involuntarily retired on disability 1988. Can't beat the hours but the pay leaves something to be disired. Can now work full time on modelRR and still can't get it all done