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RE: (erielack) Moving around....
I understand Walt, survival is Jobone.
> Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:49:12 -0800
> From: wsmith5957_@_yahoo.com
> Subject: Re: (erielack) Moving around....
> To: erielack_@_lists.railfan.net
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> I made the move of my own volition. At the end of 1960/61, there were 80 firemen furloughed at Brier Hill........I was #60 to be called back (maybe in the year 1974 or so). I'd already worked as an operator at SN, Valley St. & a couple other places & decided to look for greener pastures. I sure hated to leave the old ELRR, buta combination of WorldWar 3 with Sammy Miller & the gradual loss of jobs at Binghamton led me to the Auto-Train in Florida in 1971.
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> Regards,
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> Walt Smith
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> From: Bradley Butcher <llyengalyn_@_hotmail.com>
> To: EL Mail List <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
> Sent: Sat, December 12, 2009 10:35:59 PM
> Subject: RE: (erielack) Moving around....
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> I think he might be referenceing when the Company MADE you move to a new job. Rather then you trying to get yourself a better job 2 states away. I don't know if that happens in Railroads, but I've seen it in other companies. You can either take this job in Elmira or you can pick up your final paycheck.....
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> > When the railroad gave you assignment in new territory, did they move you,
> > did they give you a moving allowance, or were you on your own and moved
> > yourself for a better job?
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> > Thanks for sharing your stories with us,
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> > -bruce
> > ................
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> > Bruce
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> > Most of the guys went on their own at their own expense. Walt is probably
> > too embarrassed to tell us but I think I heard somewhere that Sammy Miller
> > give him two months of lodging at a nearby hotel in Binghamton and $7.00
> > per day for meals, which was pretty good then.
> >
> > SMT
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