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Re: And another Valley find from the time of the dinosaurs on Youtube
Author: Craig Tambo
Date: 01-19-2020 - 14:07
BOB2 Wrote:
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> This is another YouTube find. I'm not sure of the
> status of this, as to copyright or such, but it's
> there posted on Youtube...
>
> This is what railroading was like before
> Staggers, back when there were no black boxes,
> when you did your job, and folks left you alone
> while you got it done. Plenty of stuff that ain't
> there anymore. It freezes a world some of us used
> to know, that is now gone.
>
> Railfans and rail history types will like it and
> learn a lot 100about day to day railroading of
> that era. Lot's of footage with access that would
> get you fired, or arrested, today.
>
> Back when we were all still "young heads".
>
> It is also a look ahead to what is coming, why so
> many fewer folks are employed on Class I's, today.
> e The nuts and bolts from clerks an crew callers
> to many Hutch worthy choo-choo's, and hippie
> hogheads.
>
> Also, how many of these folks do you know?
>
> You tube video Valley Division
That brought back a lot of memories, although for me it was on the Western Pacific out of Stockton (and, yes, my hair was a lot longer in those days). The scenes on the "Ultra Turn" very much reminded me of working Tidewater Southern jobs between Stockton, Modesto, and Turlock, although our speed limit was a bit slower. It seems like those were the last days of "classic" railroading, and I'm very glad I was there for it.
(Now waiting for someone to say, "Okay, Boomer.")
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> This is another YouTube find. I'm not sure of the
> status of this, as to copyright or such, but it's
> there posted on Youtube...
>
> This is what railroading was like before
> Staggers, back when there were no black boxes,
> when you did your job, and folks left you alone
> while you got it done. Plenty of stuff that ain't
> there anymore. It freezes a world some of us used
> to know, that is now gone.
>
> Railfans and rail history types will like it and
> learn a lot 100about day to day railroading of
> that era. Lot's of footage with access that would
> get you fired, or arrested, today.
>
> Back when we were all still "young heads".
>
> It is also a look ahead to what is coming, why so
> many fewer folks are employed on Class I's, today.
> e The nuts and bolts from clerks an crew callers
> to many Hutch worthy choo-choo's, and hippie
> hogheads.
>
> Also, how many of these folks do you know?
>
> You tube video Valley Division
That brought back a lot of memories, although for me it was on the Western Pacific out of Stockton (and, yes, my hair was a lot longer in those days). The scenes on the "Ultra Turn" very much reminded me of working Tidewater Southern jobs between Stockton, Modesto, and Turlock, although our speed limit was a bit slower. It seems like those were the last days of "classic" railroading, and I'm very glad I was there for it.
(Now waiting for someone to say, "Okay, Boomer.")
