Virlon Wrote:
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> Mmmm, just too numerous to list I believe... I do
> remember the first day I took on my student trips
> 40 some years ago though. The conductor that got
> me my job was the Condr on the daylight Los Nietos
> (yard on the basin in Los Angeles for those who
> are not familiar) job. On our first move of the
> morning he told me to stand on the front deck of
> the engine while the head brakeman brought the
> loco out of the house and made a joint in the
> yard. As we were coming into a joint, the box that
> we coming to a joint on got BIGGER and BIGGER as
> we closed in on it. By the time the head brakeman
> made the joint I was scared silly, as I thought he
> was just going to run into it and keep going. But
> he made the joint and we stopped nice and easy. I
> think he kinda watched my expression coming to the
> joint as he kinda giggled after he made it. The
> rest is history. Over a 40 year career I can't
> count the number of times I rode and engine,
> caboose or cars, but they were all great (well
> maybe not all). I think the best rides were the
> ones from San Luis Obispo to Los Angeles along the
> coast. That is the most beautiful ride one could
> ask for. And also working a local out of Guadalupe
> to Lompoc, and switching around Surs for several
> hours before heading into Lompoc.
>
> Virlon
>
> SLOCONDR

Too bad, Virlon you never caught a D/H officer special. You could sit in one of those plush seats in the Sunset, have a big cigar and a two finger snort and say "this is my idea of riding in a caboose"