1/6/2023 0 Comments Railroad story on cbs saturdayWe start on the downgrade into this time I'm doing track speed, and have to notch it back. I knew he was going to check the jumper cables.suppose he fell off in the process? He could be cut in two ten miles back. How far do I go before I call in that my engineer's missing? I wonder. By the time we make Perry, we're traveling about 40.Īnd there's no sign of the engineer. That bogs down all but the fastest trains.and we're gaining speed. Railroad story on cbs saturday upgrade#On the other side of Painesville, there's another upgrade on another gentle S. I can't see his head in my mirror, in the second cab.the power was lashed up nose to tail. We keep lumbering along, about 25.down the hill into Painesville, we start moving around 40. We go through Willoughby.there's a short downgrade and then an S-curve on the upgrade. Basically, all I had to do was whistle off the crossings. As underpowered as it was, it wasn't a hard train to run. I'll see if I can't get it running right."Īnd I do. I come back forward and tell all this to John. I go back there, and the ammeter's about a hundred amps, the engine's idling. John, the hogger, tells me to go check out the trailing unit. We weren't doing so good on it.about 20 mph. Out of Collinwood it's a moderate upgrade to Willoughby. We were coming out of Collinwood, bound for Buffalo.we had two pieces of excrement for power, pulling about 5000 tons. I had something similar happen (with different outcome) when I was a newly-certified engineer, busted down to conductor. If any of you rails have a good story let's hear it!! I also wonder if Tippy ever got done with that crossword puzzle.ĭevore did sport a new Station name for awhile after that-''George's Falls'' I would sure have liked to see the reaction on the DS's face when the engineer made his ''phone call''. ''Cajon, 627 YOUR engineer just called me from a pay phone at Devore STOP YOUR TRAIN, OVER''!!! ''Ah, er, he's checking out an alarm and in the head, over'' Tippy nervously glances back and replies, ''Cajon, 627, ah, where is your engineer, over'' Tippy picks up the hand set and speaks into the reciever, Satisfied, ol' Tippy worked on his crossword puzzle some more and watched for any signal changes.Īfter awhile the train was approaching ''old'' Keenbrook and all of a sudden the radio burst to life with frantic chatter. Just as Tippy was wondering about George he remembered that he had said he needed to use the head. Tippy got up and looked back as the train rounded the curve. Tippy just grunted his response and without even looking up picked up his coffee and crossword puzzle and moved it over to the hoggers seat while George opened the back door and dissapeared into the darkness as the train continued on its climb up the steep mountain pass.Īfter what seemed like an eternity the irritating alarm stopped and Tippy casually glanced up as if to say, ''finally!''Īfter about 10 minutes the train slowly passed Devore, a small town with a general store next to the tracks. ''Tippy, I'm gonna go back and check out the problem so keep an eye on the alerter, need to use the head anyway''. Un phased, ol' Tippy just continued on with his daily crossword puzzle from the local paper, while George let out a few choice words. Just past Verdemont they got a bell ringer. While working a eastbound manifest train to Barstow all was fine until. Tippy and George (both retired now) were ''old head'' Santa Fe out of San Bernardino. This story happened back in the early 90's. The following is a story that has been handed down and told with many different variations. I'm not even sure if this is where to put the following but here it goes-Īs my fellow railroaders can attest, we love our stories and yarns!
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