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Mark, <br />I used my Turbostory to relate an insulting situation on the railroad as an illustration of things that are said. I didn't think the techs remarks were necessary. I just thought they were downright funny. Iron Mike had it coming. He also said that trainmen's contracts were bad. He said,"Trainmen don't want money, they want miles." <br />Here's another Turbostory for bedtime. On the LaCrosse division we had an engineer who had been a cowboy in Idaho. He was one of the funniest people I ever worked with on the railroad. We came through Oconomowoc one morning on a road freight. We were moving slowly due to a restricting signal. As we clanked across street crossings in town he would put his jacket on backwards, flip his hat around, hang way out of the cab, flap his arms and roar. All the car horns would start blaring. One day, on a day off, the Wisconsin Division caller called him to be the fireman on a Turbotrain to Chicago. "Worst trip I ever was on," he told me. "That kazoo (he meant Astazue, but was referring to the deadman alerter) kept going off, and the train kept dying." "Later on that goofy French technician asked me what I thought of their train." "I told him, "You folks should've stuck to makin' rubbers 'cause this ain't no locomotive!" That one had me soaking wet for 3 days. <br />Good night kids, <br />Mitch
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