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Re: (erielack) The Hayshaker
- Subject: Re: (erielack) The Hayshaker
- From: "Paul Brezicki" <doctorpb_@_bellsouth.net>
- Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 07:15:28 -0400
I'm starting to wonder, did any actual switching get done on the Hayshaker or did they just cook and eat? It should have been called the Salt-and-Pepper-shaker and it gives new meaning to the term "dinner train".
Paul B
When I was the ticket agent/operator at Spring Valley, NY back in 1978 I
remember riding 1671 the Hayshaker up int the passenger yard on the week of
thanksgiving and having a turkey diner with the crew after they ran around their
train so they could shove the consist west on the Piermount Branch to Suffern,
NY. The Turkey was cooking all morning on top of the coal stove in the
caboose under an aluminum tent. I cost me $3.00 to get in on the feed they made
that day plus I got to ride from the station up to the yard and back. The
dinner was turkey with gravy, mashed potatoes string beans and bread and butter
oh yea the all time coffee from the endless coffee pot!
Lou Kern
Former Opr/NY Division
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