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103 Year Old Locomotive Engineer in Nebraska

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103 Year Old Locomotive Engineer in Nebraska
Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 4, 2006 8:45 PM
Apparently, this guy is not familiar with the Railroad RETIREMENT Board [;)]:

http://www.FremontRailroad.com/photo_galleries/photogal_103yroldEngineer.htm
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Posted by samfp1943 on Tuesday, April 4, 2006 8:56 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by drfizzix

Apparently, this guy is not familiar with the Railroad RETIREMENT Board [;)]:

http://www.FremontRailroad.com/photo_galleries/photogal_103yroldEngineer.htm

Remarkable, I would bet that Man has some good stories. It would be wonderful to interview him with a tape recorder, and capture some of his stories for posterity.
Amazing, absolutely Amazing.[bow][bow][wow][yeah]

Sam

 

 


 

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Posted by American Morse on Tuesday, April 4, 2006 10:45 PM
Here's the story behind the photo.
http://www.fremontrailroad.com/pdf/At%20103%20Nelson%20climbs%20into%20engineer's%20seat.pdf
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Posted by tormadel on Wednesday, April 5, 2006 12:35 AM
That is cool. A nice thing to do for someone.
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Posted by JoeKoh on Wednesday, April 5, 2006 6:40 AM
wouldnt mind listening to some of his stories as well.hope he has many more [bday]s
stay safe
Joe

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Posted by cherokee woman on Wednesday, April 5, 2006 6:55 AM
That is so cool!![:D][^] Like Joe, I'd love to hear some of his stories. Don't you know, he could
probably teach us all a few things.
Angel cherokee woman "O'Toole's law: Murphy was an optimist."
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Posted by daveklepper on Wednesday, April 5, 2006 7:59 AM
Expect to see this in the news section of TRAINS

The love affair story "Countdown before Amtrak" in June TRAINS is really terrific.
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Posted by tormadel on Wednesday, April 5, 2006 1:35 PM
Only thing is he is a 103 year old just LEARNING to be an engineer. He didn't do it all his life. But should still have good tales to tell.
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Posted by chad thomas on Wednesday, April 5, 2006 4:33 PM
To anybody working at 103.

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Posted by ValleyX on Wednesday, April 5, 2006 7:35 PM
I read that story and wondered what he did do in his working life, first I thought it was going to be about a retired engineer who just had a hankering to get back behind the throttle one last time but that wasn't the story.

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