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Re: 63 Years - 2 Months - 4 Days |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sat Oct 24 20:17:56 2009, in response to 63 Years - 2 Months - 4 Days, posted by Train Dude on Sat Oct 24 20:16:16 2009. Sorry to hear it ... not many folks left with that kind of work ethic and ability. :( |
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Posted by arnine on Sat Oct 24 20:19:03 2009, in response to 63 Years - 2 Months - 4 Days, posted by Train Dude on Sat Oct 24 20:16:16 2009. My sympathies to you, the men & women of NYCT and his family and friends for their loss |
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Posted by Train Dude on Sat Oct 24 20:25:17 2009, in response to Re: 63 Years - 2 Months - 4 Days, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sat Oct 24 20:17:56 2009. Up until the day he called sick about 6 weeks ago, he worked an inspection job and rejected any suggestion of a "light duty" job. |
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Posted by Fred G on Sat Oct 24 20:28:02 2009, in response to 63 Years - 2 Months - 4 Days, posted by Train Dude on Sat Oct 24 20:16:16 2009. My condolences to you, his friends and family.your pal, Fred |
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Posted by lrg5784 on Sat Oct 24 20:28:53 2009, in response to 63 Years - 2 Months - 4 Days, posted by Train Dude on Sat Oct 24 20:16:16 2009. My respect goes to him and his family...I remember seeing him on "Transit Transit" and he was a valuable asset to Pitkin. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sat Oct 24 20:34:41 2009, in response to Re: 63 Years - 2 Months - 4 Days, posted by Train Dude on Sat Oct 24 20:25:17 2009. I remember you telling us about him and how much you admired him. CIY had a few back in my day who would laugh and say, "they're going to haul me out of here on cauley wheels when it's time" who had no intention of kicking back ... their working theory being "once you stop, you stop for good." |
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Posted by r33/r36 mainline on Sat Oct 24 20:36:18 2009, in response to 63 Years - 2 Months - 4 Days, posted by Train Dude on Sat Oct 24 20:16:16 2009. I'm sorry to hear that, may he RIP. In that photo, which one of the guys is rocky? |
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Posted by Bill From Maspeth on Sat Oct 24 20:36:45 2009, in response to 63 Years - 2 Months - 4 Days, posted by Train Dude on Sat Oct 24 20:16:16 2009. RIP to this one of a kind asset. I bet if he could do it all over again, he would. The job kept him going. |
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Posted by Newkirk Plaza David on Sat Oct 24 20:40:44 2009, in response to 63 Years - 2 Months - 4 Days, posted by Train Dude on Sat Oct 24 20:16:16 2009. The old saying is that once you stop working after all these years, you will eventually be gone. Very sad to hear about this, my condolences to everyone at NYCT as well as his family.Its like you lost a brother and a good friend. |
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Posted by Train Dude on Sat Oct 24 20:43:58 2009, in response to Re: 63 Years - 2 Months - 4 Days, posted by r33/r36 mainline on Sat Oct 24 20:36:18 2009. Rocky is the one next to the Mayor. |
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Posted by Train Dude on Sat Oct 24 20:44:17 2009, in response to Re: 63 Years - 2 Months - 4 Days, posted by Fred G on Sat Oct 24 20:28:02 2009. Thank You |
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Posted by Train Dude on Sat Oct 24 20:47:13 2009, in response to Re: 63 Years - 2 Months - 4 Days, posted by lrg5784 on Sat Oct 24 20:28:53 2009. Yeah - he really didn't like all the attention he received. After we did that piece for Transit-Transit, he heard that National Geographic was going to do a story that included Pitkin Shop. He joked that he didn't want to be on a special about dinosaurs. |
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Posted by South Brooklyn Railway on Sat Oct 24 20:53:57 2009, in response to 63 Years - 2 Months - 4 Days, posted by Train Dude on Sat Oct 24 20:16:16 2009. My deepest Sympathies to him and his family. He is a true hard worker to stay working for so long, especially in NYCTA. |
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Posted by italianguyinsi on Sat Oct 24 20:56:27 2009, in response to 63 Years - 2 Months - 4 Days, posted by Train Dude on Sat Oct 24 20:16:16 2009. They simply don't make them like that anymore; when you did you job with pride, respect and honor. My gradfatehr has 40+ years and retired from the TA in 1969.Very sorry for your loss. |
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Posted by North-Easten T/O on Sat Oct 24 21:04:33 2009, in response to Re: 63 Years - 2 Months - 4 Days, posted by Newkirk Plaza David on Sat Oct 24 20:40:44 2009. The thing is he never stoped working. He was still on the payroll untill the day he died. |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sat Oct 24 21:24:33 2009, in response to 63 Years - 2 Months - 4 Days, posted by Train Dude on Sat Oct 24 20:16:16 2009. Major loss!! My respect and my sympathies!! :-( That is what you call a dedication to service.......63 years with NYCT, 47 of which at Pitkin!! Very few marriages last that long, few people own houses that long!! My condolences!! :-( |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sat Oct 24 21:29:37 2009, in response to Re: 63 Years - 2 Months - 4 Days, posted by North-Easten T/O on Sat Oct 24 21:04:33 2009. That is what you call making the company your life!! Much as I love this business, I definitely will be gone on July 26th, 2034 at 57 years old!! If I feel up to it, I might push it to July 26th, 2039.....to be announced and definitely subject to change.The only trains I work on after either date, depending on if I decide on the 30 years of service (2034) or 35 years of service (2039), will be the HO scale and Lionel O scale kinds!! :-) |
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Posted by Kriston Lewis on Sat Oct 24 21:35:39 2009, in response to 63 Years - 2 Months - 4 Days, posted by Train Dude on Sat Oct 24 20:16:16 2009. I send my condolonces. The and  just won't be the same. : (
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Posted by Bill From Maspeth on Sat Oct 24 21:41:23 2009, in response to Re: 63 Years - 2 Months - 4 Days, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sat Oct 24 21:24:33 2009. Some people don't live that long either. |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sat Oct 24 21:43:28 2009, in response to Re: 63 Years - 2 Months - 4 Days, posted by Bill From Maspeth on Sat Oct 24 21:41:23 2009. What is sad is that a good number of railroaders after leaving service who pass away, some not even 63 years old!! :-( |
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Posted by Bill From Maspeth on Sat Oct 24 21:46:03 2009, in response to Re: 63 Years - 2 Months - 4 Days, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sat Oct 24 21:29:37 2009. Some people are afraid to retire fearing they'll have nothing to do. That the job keeps them going. That the routine of getting up and out of the house every day prevents them from becoming lazy.Everybody is different. There is a certain tower operator who does not own a computer and works in Queens who would be miserable if he retired. |
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Posted by Bill From Maspeth on Sat Oct 24 21:47:35 2009, in response to Re: 63 Years - 2 Months - 4 Days, posted by Kriston Lewis on Sat Oct 24 21:35:39 2009. This guy had good seniority when the R32's were brand new. Think about that! |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Sat Oct 24 22:03:46 2009, in response to 63 Years - 2 Months - 4 Days, posted by Train Dude on Sat Oct 24 20:16:16 2009. Your disgusting behavior on these forums as a representative of New York City Transit shows enormous disrespect for this great man, Rocky. I hope his family and friends should be comforted in the time of their loss, and not have to deal with you too much! |
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Posted by mike cruz on Sat Oct 24 22:07:23 2009, in response to 63 Years - 2 Months - 4 Days, posted by Train Dude on Sat Oct 24 20:16:16 2009. wow now thats dedication! |
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Posted by Lou From Middletown NY on Sat Oct 24 22:39:24 2009, in response to 63 Years - 2 Months - 4 Days, posted by Train Dude on Sat Oct 24 20:16:16 2009. WOW - is there an obit anywhere?We should all raise a glass to Rocky's dedication and memory... |
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Posted by Edwards! on Sun Oct 25 02:24:51 2009, in response to Re: 63 Years - 2 Months - 4 Days, posted by Terrapin Station on Sat Oct 24 22:03:46 2009. You are heartless..to actually REVEL in someones pain is barbaric to say the LEAST.. HELLISHLY SELFISH at most. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Oct 25 03:58:08 2009, in response to Re: 63 Years - 2 Months - 4 Days, posted by Edwards! on Sun Oct 25 02:24:51 2009. It's good to see how people reveal themselves publicly so that google can pick it up and store it for posterity. Wowsers. :( |
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Posted by Deaks on Sun Oct 25 07:35:41 2009, in response to Re: 63 Years - 2 Months - 4 Days, posted by Terrapin Station on Sat Oct 24 22:03:46 2009. Jesus, of all the threads to do that.Show some respect and learn some manners. |
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Posted by daDouce Man on Sun Oct 25 08:31:32 2009, in response to Re: 63 Years - 2 Months - 4 Days, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Oct 25 03:58:08 2009. It's good to see how people reveal themselves publicly so that google can pick it up and store it for posterity.Then they say google is their friend! |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sun Oct 25 09:30:05 2009, in response to Re: 63 Years - 2 Months - 4 Days, posted by Bill From Maspeth on Sat Oct 24 21:46:03 2009. Remember that gentleman who worked for LAMTA until he turned 100? He died days after retiring. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sun Oct 25 09:31:06 2009, in response to Re: 63 Years - 2 Months - 4 Days, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sat Oct 24 21:24:33 2009. Speaking of which, my folks have been married 63 years.:) |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sun Oct 25 09:31:36 2009, in response to Re: 63 Years - 2 Months - 4 Days, posted by Kriston Lewis on Sat Oct 24 21:35:39 2009. I'm sure Abbott and Costello send their condolences, too. |
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Posted by TransitChuckG on Sun Oct 25 09:40:53 2009, in response to Re: 63 Years - 2 Months - 4 Days, posted by Bill From Maspeth on Sat Oct 24 21:46:03 2009. Everybody is different. There is a certain tower operator who does not own a computer and works in Queens who would be miserable if he retired.A older guy I know in Atlantic City keeps busy by driving a bus for NJT. He does not own a computer, either. |
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Posted by Bill From Maspeth on Sun Oct 25 09:54:24 2009, in response to Re: 63 Years - 2 Months - 4 Days, posted by TransitChuckG on Sun Oct 25 09:40:53 2009. I put in the computer "line" so there would be no speculation that the tower operator in question was a poster here. |
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Posted by TransitChuckG on Sun Oct 25 11:24:11 2009, in response to Re: 63 Years - 2 Months - 4 Days, posted by Bill From Maspeth on Sun Oct 25 09:54:24 2009. Oh, OK. |
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Posted by catfish 44 on Sun Oct 25 11:33:54 2009, in response to Re: 63 Years - 2 Months - 4 Days, posted by italianguyinsi on Sat Oct 24 20:56:27 2009. Very sad news indeed, our gramps may have known each other, mine retired in 1969 after 39 years. |
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Posted by catfish 44 on Sun Oct 25 11:55:32 2009, in response to Re: 63 Years - 2 Months - 4 Days, posted by catfish 44 on Sun Oct 25 11:33:54 2009. I just asked my neighbor next door about Rocky and he said that he would ask him when he going to retire or how about you win the lottery what would you do and Rocky would say, Hire a chauffeur to bring me to work! Sad to hear of his passing. |
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Posted by MainR3664 on Sun Oct 25 11:57:51 2009, in response to 63 Years - 2 Months - 4 Days, posted by Train Dude on Sat Oct 24 20:16:16 2009. I am sorry for the loss- to yourself, the TA, and lovers of trains in general. |
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Posted by ClearAspect on Sun Oct 25 12:36:44 2009, in response to 63 Years - 2 Months - 4 Days, posted by Train Dude on Sat Oct 24 20:16:16 2009. I read this recently on the Notice board up at VC and I Was going to ask how you're handling it Train Dude, I'm sure such a loss is hard on all you guys at Pitkin, my thoughts and prayer are with his family, he was a truly hard worker, and truly loved his job, he was definitely rare. How you guys at Pitkin holding up? |
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Posted by 33rd Street on Sun Oct 25 13:00:16 2009, in response to 63 Years - 2 Months - 4 Days, posted by Train Dude on Sat Oct 24 20:16:16 2009. My condolences go out to those who knew him, his family, and his friends. |
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Posted by Train Dude on Sun Oct 25 13:35:23 2009, in response to Re: 63 Years - 2 Months - 4 Days, posted by ClearAspect on Sun Oct 25 12:36:44 2009. Rocky was actually the second current Pitkin Shop employee lost to natural causes this month so the shop mood had been somber (for want of a better word) even before Rocky's passing. The Office of the Chaplain was very supportive on Friday when I broke the news to the people of the shop - as they have been since we found out how gravely ill Rocky was. Since he had a very small family, a memorial honoring Rocky for Department of Subways employees is being planned. The men & women of Pitkin Shop are also planning another public memorialization for this icon of the transit family. |
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Posted by arnine on Sun Oct 25 14:06:05 2009, in response to Re: 63 Years - 2 Months - 4 Days, posted by Train Dude on Sun Oct 25 13:35:23 2009. Hey, I don't know if it is too soon, but if it is I apologize. But, I think it may be fitting to rename Pitken after Rocky? |
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Posted by Train Dude on Sun Oct 25 14:08:23 2009, in response to Re: 63 Years - 2 Months - 4 Days, posted by arnine on Sun Oct 25 14:06:05 2009. Thanks. The lunch room was named the "Rocky Pavillion" long ago. |
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Posted by daDouce Man on Sun Oct 25 14:17:35 2009, in response to Re: 63 Years - 2 Months - 4 Days, posted by Deaks on Sun Oct 25 07:35:41 2009. We must have hit a nerve.He hasn't said anything since. |
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Posted by arnine on Sun Oct 25 14:24:52 2009, in response to Re: 63 Years - 2 Months - 4 Days, posted by Train Dude on Sun Oct 25 14:08:23 2009. IMHO maybe they rename the entire shop "Rocky Pavillion". I think given his hard work and dedication I think ir is deserving. If you need folks to write letters let me know I will write one if you need me to. |
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Posted by Train Dude on Sun Oct 25 14:43:53 2009, in response to Re: 63 Years - 2 Months - 4 Days, posted by arnine on Sun Oct 25 14:24:52 2009. Thanks for the offer but that might be premature. |
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Posted by BLE-NIMX on Sun Oct 25 15:23:20 2009, in response to Re: 63 Years - 2 Months - 4 Days, posted by Train Dude on Sun Oct 25 14:08:23 2009. With the road kill menu?Street Squirrel Pothole Possum fresh from the "grille" and countless others |
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Posted by arnine on Sun Oct 25 15:57:29 2009, in response to Re: 63 Years - 2 Months - 4 Days, posted by Train Dude on Sun Oct 25 14:43:53 2009. Okay I understand. |
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Posted by ClearAspect on Sun Oct 25 16:02:31 2009, in response to Re: 63 Years - 2 Months - 4 Days, posted by Train Dude on Sun Oct 25 13:35:23 2009. Im sure many will attend, one thing I will say is that the transit family is one helluva family. |
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