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Re: Transit "father" in center of known universe
Author: Some RR history
Date: 12-30-2020 - 11:48

Freight rail trivia in there:

"But his ambition was to work for the railroad like his father, who was a brakeman at the Southern Pacific— now Union Pacific — railroad in Dunsmuir. His father changed his name from Claudius Diridoni to Claude Diridon to get the job, as the United States was going to war with Italy and the district superintendent of the Southern Pacific wouldn't hire Italians."

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