Re: SP 4449 assignments
Author: Tom Moungovan
Date: 05-12-2009 - 15:50
Carol L. Voss Wrote:
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> Tom (the Rocket) DeLaRosa qualified as an engineer
> in steam for the SP in '55. He fired on the 4449
> many times and it was his absolute favorite, tho
> he never had the seniority at the time as
> engineer. Some years back I did a jigsaw puzzle of
> the 4449 and glued it together and gave it to him.
> He had it framed and it hung in his house until he
> died in 2006 at age 86. He retired at age 80 in
> 2000 to have treatment for colon cancer.
> C.
Carol, I took the time to look and could find no time when these two worked together. Walter
Johnson got bumped a number of times and got back firing passengers.
Pay no mind to the name on my previous post. I've got a friend over visiting and found out
the hard way not to walk away from a computer terminal. I owe him one.