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Re: Good question, do you remember when back when the dinosaurs roamed?
Author: Ricko
Date: 06-11-2021 - 17:56

BOB2 Wrote:
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> ElGringo Wrote:
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> > Bob, how old are you?
>
> I'm old enough to remember the PE on Brand Blvd as
> a child.....
>
> We had just discovered fire, and my father brought
> me out of the caves to see the saber tooth tiger
> he'd just killed....
>
> There were no black boxes and life was a lot more
> fun, how old is that?
>
> The SP had things around when I hired out in '69
> that were gone within a year, or just a few years,
> like the Colton ice decks and iced reefers, that I
> was lucky enough to see the last of... I got to
> work firing the Old Colton helpers, and go to work
> at the Old Colton 1879 roundhouse. I got to work
> the East end as a newly promoted hoghead for the
> last summer out of Indio... Lucky timing, the
> best time to work in railroading.... Then I did
> the other career, doing the transit and highway
> stuff...

Bob, You ever worked with RJ Harris in LA or Pomona or Oxnard?

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  Aerial flyover of WSAB/IUP/PE/Downton line options BOB2 06-06-2021 - 10:59
  Re: Aerial flyover of WSAB/IUP/PE/Downton line options An Observer 06-06-2021 - 11:54
  Re: Alameda memories.... Yep, gridlock from train delay is not a new issue... BOB2 06-06-2021 - 12:34
  Aerial flyover of WSAB/IUP/PE/Downton line options? Transit Tim 06-06-2021 - 14:24
  Re: Aerial flyover of WSAB/IUP/PE/Downton line options? An Observer 06-06-2021 - 16:39
  Re: If you did use Alameda phones would ring at Number One.... BOB2 06-06-2021 - 19:24
  Re: If you did use Alameda phones would ring at Number One.... ElGringo 06-06-2021 - 19:30
  Re: Good question, do you remember when back when the dinosaurs roamed? BOB2 06-06-2021 - 19:47
  Re: Good question, do you remember when back when the dinosaurs roamed? An Observer 06-07-2021 - 10:13
  Re: Good question, do you remember when back when the dinosaurs roamed? Nudge 06-07-2021 - 10:41
  Re: Good question, do you remember when back when the dinosaurs roamed? BOB2 06-07-2021 - 11:12
  Re: Good question, do you remember when back when the dinosaurs roamed? Nudge 06-07-2021 - 14:50
  Re: Good question, do you remember when back when the dinosaurs roamed? Ricko 06-11-2021 - 17:56
  Re: Good question, do you remember when back when the dinosaurs roamed? Steve 06-14-2021 - 12:44


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