Nudge Wrote:
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> Don't make stupid comments until you have walked
> in a persons shoes.
>
> Being a ground pounder on a local, switching in
> the streets is something every rail does not look
> forward to. You don't want to even ride on the
> steps of the engine or the bottom rung of a ladder
> because of vehicles and the drivers. Oh, those
> submarine switches are a real pain. I would have
> to get off the engine sometimes to help a guy lift
> one of those bent plates that weighted a ton, all
> the time watching for crazy drivers.
>
> I was working rhe 16th & Harrision afternoon goat
> one evening and was hauling a bunch of cars down
> 7th St. in the City. At the south end of 7th St.,
> you would get a signal onto the main line at
> Tunnel One to go to Bayshore. A lady in an old
> Chev, came around the corner of the Greyhound
> garage and ran head on into us. The car was
> totaled in the front and she was gassed up. (Fri &
> Sat nights were the worse) She was pissed that we
> were in the street. She ranted and raved that
> trains were not allowed in streets, only cars,
> etc. The cops finally showed up, put her in their
> car and off to stoney lonesome. The tow truck
> hauled the car out of are way and we went on to
> Bayshore.
>
> As far as fusee's, the stuff that drips out of
> them will burn a hole in your boot pretty quick.
> Thats why you never held it up. Always tilted down
> a bit and away from your body.
>
> There are a lot of stories out there but unless
> you were there, and for many years, don't make
> stupid statements.
>
>
>
> Nudge

Guy got away lucky, IMO. I'd have put the fusee in
the front seat. In his lap, if I could.