I'M NOT ALLOWED TO RUN THE TRAIN OR SEE HOW FAST IT WILL GO I'M NOT ALLOWED TO LET OFF STEAM OR MAKE THE WHISTLE BLOW I DO NOT EXERCISE CONTROL OR EVEN RING THE BELL BUT LET THE DAMN THING JUMP THE TRACK AND SEE WHO CATCHES HELL
HAVE YOU EVER FELT LIKE THIS?
Sep 18, 2006
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You have just inadvertently described my everyday job............
I worked for Conrail for about 10 years ... that bit of doggerel is posted all over the place. It was associated with the job of Trainmaster or Yardmaster.
I WAS allowed to run the train ... I was a road/yard freight conductor. And more than once pulled on the throttle while an engineer slept off an encounter with John Barleycorn.
Bill
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