Re: (erielack) former EL employee

[Blue Moon Network Administrator <root_@_net.bluemoon.net>]

On Wed, 5 Dec 2001, David Green wrote:

> Just before Thanksgiving I was walking out of the Tops Supermarket in 
> Bath, NY and this old man stopped me.  He didn't say a word but just 
> pointed at my shirt as though he was trying to gather what to say.  I 
> was wearing a maroon T-shirt with an EL diamond and an SD-45 printed on 
> it.  He said,  "Where did you get that shirt?"  I told him.  He said, " 
> I used to work for that company.  I was superintendent of the whole 
> railroad from Port Jervis to __?__ (I think he said Hornell)."  I asked 
> his name and he told me, "Jim Connor."  I also asked where he lived, and 
> it is not far.
> 
> Has anyone on the list ever heard of, or worked for, this man?
> 
> I thought I might pay him a visit and bring along a tape recorder for an 
> interview on his career.  Besides, he could probably use a good shirt...

JWC was the super out of Hornell I think.

He was at the ELHS annual meeting in Hamburg, NY in the fall of 1997 and I had
the privilege of talking to him for a while in the tavern there. As I recall,
his son brought him to the meeting and works as an exec for a railroad
himself.

If he's willing to talk with you then by all means interview him, he remembers
some great stuff, well at least he did, he should be well well up in years by 
now.

Henry

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