Stories working as a railroad fireman
Working as a railroad fireman: It was the end of summer. Billy, Wimpy, and I had finished cleaning up…
Read moreWorking as a railroad fireman: It was the end of summer. Billy, Wimpy, and I had finished cleaning up…
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I’d been hired as second-shift railroad station agent at Channing, Mich., for the Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad in June…
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The Golden Spike Centennial Limited was born, in promoter Ross Rowland Jr.’s mind, as a reaction to the Association of…
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My father was a closet railfan. He didn’t hang around the tracks or take pictures of trains. On the other…
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Throughout the 1960s, my grandfather owned a filling station in the tiny town of Lanagan, south of Joplin in the…
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Third trick — the midnight to 8 a.m. shift — could be a long, quiet time for railroad telegraph operators.…
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Sixty-odd years ago, I was a youth living in Palmyra, Wis., where my father, Ben Eller Sr., was the station…
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Downhill skiing buffs immediately think of the winter vacation destination (and site of the 1960 winter Olympics) in California’s Sierra…
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The little door below the headlight on an Alco switcher like Grand Trunk Western S4 No. 8090 led to a…
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A passenger for the New Haven’s Owl checks in at the gate for track 21 in Grand Central Terminal. This…
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Switching at night could be hazardous, especially when some dodgy moves were attempted. Robert Hale In the middle of 1960 or…
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New York Central SW8 8626 stands at the road’s Avon Yard near Indianapolis in 1966. Another EMD switcher powered the…
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