John Bruce Wrote:
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> Linda Niemann's book Boomer
> [
www.amazon.com]
> lroads-Present/dp/0253222834 recounts many
> experiences of being in the cab with drunk
> engineers on the SP. Respectable rail historians
> like Maury Klein give the opinion that tolerance
> of alcoholism, nepotism, and incompetence was a
> common factor in old-time railroading.
Is this the same chick who used to write for trains, lived in Santa Cruz and worked out of the Newhall yard?