(erielack) DAYTON HILL

["david heckman" <boots93_@_brinet.com>]

MEMBERS, I WORKED THE B&SW DIVISON FOR 20 YEARS. YES I WENT UP & DOWN DAYTON HILL ON EVERY KIND OF TRAIN YOU COULD THINK OF. SOME WERE HEAVY AND SOME WERE SMALL. IF YOUR TONNAGE RATING WAS OVER 85 TONS PER CAR YOU WOULD HAVE TO PICK UP MTYS TO CUT YOUR TONNAGE RATING DOWN. THE SPEED EASTBOUND WAS 15 MPH & WESTBOUND WAS 25 MPH. I WORKED WITH & ENGINEER WHO HAD A RFofE RIDING WITH HIM AND HE ASKED HIM IF HE HAD EVER BEEN ON A RUNAWAY AND HE SAID NO. WELL HE SAID YOU ARE ON ONE NOW AS HE SAID THE TRAIN WAS NOT SLOWING DOWN ANY AT THIS POINT. THERE TRAIN WAS A GRAIN TRAIN WHICH THE COMPANY DID NOT LIKE TO RUN THOSE KIND OF TRAINS OVER THE B&SW DIV. I COULD TELL SOME MORE STORIES BUT I DON;T WANT TO BORE ALL OF YOU DLW GENTS. AHEM D.J. HECKMAN3294

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