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Re: Ex-San Jose LRVs at Sac depot
Author: Graham Buxton
Date: 05-26-2012 - 04:59
Craig Tambo Wrote:
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> By the way, his name is actually "Diridoni;" I
> guess he thought that sounded too ethnic for his
> public asperations. I've heard his father worked
> for the SP in Dunsmuir.
Here's Rod's version of his family history:
[www.diridon.com]
Keep in mind that Claudius Diridoni is Rod's father. Regarding his last name, he says:
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> By the way, his name is actually "Diridoni;" I
> guess he thought that sounded too ethnic for his
> public asperations. I've heard his father worked
> for the SP in Dunsmuir.
Here's Rod's version of his family history:
[www.diridon.com]
Keep in mind that Claudius Diridoni is Rod's father. Regarding his last name, he says:
Quote:Diridon.com
Claudius was born in Albany, near Oakland, of Italian immigrant stock, but returned to Italy, at the age of six, with his father and mother. He returned to America in his late teens to flee the oppression of Benito Mussolini in the 1930s. As an Italian immigrant, he worked with the Civilian Conservation Corps in Dunsmuir, California during the Depression. He then changed his name to Claude Diridon when bigotry in the railroad employment system kept him from being hired in that two-trade town (railroading and logging). After becoming a union member, Claude was protected from discrimination, thus starting the Diridon family's long appreciation of organized labor.
