Re: [cpsig] Re: Coal and Water Consumption Rates CPR 2-8-0 N3C Consolidation
- From: PBowers <waiting@xxxxxxx>
- To: cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 22:04:14 -0400
At 08:30 PM 10/6/05, you wrote:
Your comment about the short longevity of engine and train crews
takes me back to when I was a kid, reading the obituary columns in
The Spanner, and noting how so many engine and train crewmen died in
their 50's and early 60's.
I remember an old engineer telling me that he received a letter from the
railway about three months after re retired informing him that tha average
age of an engineman's life after retirement was three months and that he
should make sure his will etc should be in place and up to date in case of
his demise. He lived to be 85 or so but another railroader here in town
died on his way to cash his first pension cheque. Ya never know!!!
Peter Bowers
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