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Posted by f179dj on Tue Nov 10 17:30:03 2009, in response to Re: Some questions about the L, posted by bklynsubwaybob on Tue Nov 10 17:07:19 2009. "Didn't Tommy P. work in the Chief's office or was he second in command behind MB. I didn't realize that Tommy P. was assigned ACTO."I'm using the old titles, obviously, before we had an ACTO in charge of parties and whatnot. In those days Al B. was chief (Milt C. was his predecessor) and Tom P. was assistant. That's all folks. General Superintendents ran the divisions (John B on the BMT; Pat R on the IND), now G/S's are a dime a dozen. "Do you remember if there was a Signal Forman by the name of Redmond and a Helper by the name of Izzy when you were at First Ave. Interlocking? IIRC the floor was the only place you could sleep (resting one's eyes checking for holes in the eyelids). Those were tight quarters." Nah; just broke in there with Marty. It was tight, though. "I remember when that collision took place (it was February 1979 my mistake)the Trainmaster was there (can't remember his name) M/I Stillman and a host of C&S representatives were there. I remember Stillman asking where C&S was and the ATD said they started out to the train. He said "I've got to make sure they don't pull any BCO or S/C on the train" as he quickly hurried out the door. They cut the four rear cars off and when they looped it they couldn't stop it in full service or emergency. It finally stopped when all the hand brakes were applied. There were so many braking issues with those cars (R46) that were documented. I knew something was wrong when 1)They allowed me to return to service the next day, the Crew Office advised me of a (2)day suspension and that they'd let me work my RDOs to make up for the loss. With that kind of damage sustained to the equipment all I was given was a two day suspension. That's when I raised the ante to a full trial board. They never killed my interest in the profession, just left a bad taste in my mouth." Sorry about the misadventure. You really date yourself with the C&S reference, lol, as if I should talk; last time I had to listen to 6-wire transmissions in the late '90's they were still acknowledging as "Shops." Did the train come off the wheel truing machine? We've had more problems with that move than one can imagine. Stillman was OK as a M/I. I forget the name of the guy who worked BBC in the AM's. When I broke in on the M, the motorman made sure we had turned the car body lights off at BBC. He commented that if the lights were on, the M/I would tell us to turn them off; if they were off, he would tell us to turn them on. We passed muster that day. "I remember Sneakers Silvers. Use to hang around DeKalb on the Midnights?" That's him; JAR (Stl, B-1) couldn't stand him either; but couldn't do anything about him, lol. |
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