Here I am at the "Rockin R" and I am showing Chris all the exploits that I took part in. As you know if Kenny is near a derailer or a traction motor cable the result is quite exciting. Either bounces under a passing train and causes a derailment or a little building gets crushed into smitherines by a prototypically correct piece of rolling stock. Like modelers, it is really easy to throw a switch between the trucks of an unsuspecting car.
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Teletype was lost forever. I am sure there are some keys still to be found under the ballast...or are those your car Keys Kenny? I will leave it to Ken to tell you all about Wabamun. As I was in Ottawa and heard this on the news,,,,the first thing I said to my good wife Lela...I bet you anything Ken was on that train. And yup He was there. I also like his story about how CN likes to run locomotives over drawbars or the one I like best is when he fell of his cab chair and nearly killed himself on those bumpy trips at night. It has to be a great distance between signals for that to happen...in OCS.. I hope.... Any way here are some pictures to ponder.
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Kenny is this the truck wheel that was missing off that tank car when they did the standing inspection? Finally found it aye:)
West of town as you had thought though I guess that makes sense since you were coming from Edson
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Hey Ken,
I passed by Wabamun on "The Canadian" a couple of weeks after the incident. Managed to get a few pics through the plexiglass in the Park Car on the tail end.
Lisa and I celebrated our 25th by taking the train out west across the nation. The summer before we took "The Ocean Ltd." down east...so I've been to both coasts by train within a calendar year! A big thrill for me!
Cheers, Mike
Ottawa, Ontario
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