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there was an engineer I worked under as brakeman for a few times(early 80's) by the name of Art Winter, he was a ruff and tumble older guy (5 years or so over me) and really didn't keep his language very well "cleaned" he was the one to call if you wanted a job done swiftly and roughly. although...

I was engineering for CSX in 1989 for CSX on the old St.Louis line from Grafton to Benwood Juction. The this particular train, I was acting conductor for the day. The engineer was a rookie, and was only his 3rd run over the line. As we were cruising along we had a yellow signal at the top of a...

was acting conductor for the 3rd time in my career in 1969 and was in a Bbay window caboose for the trip from grafton,WV to Cumberland, Maryland. anyway there was a rookie engineer (again ) and an experienced brakeman up front with me and the other brakeman in the back. anyway I checked the...

hey woodie, that's Sand Patch Grade, a wel known mountain grade on the old Baltimore and Ohio (still CSX). It the same with Cranberry, it's a steep grade (3.1% in 2 places) but not nearly as well known. Hey geoge, I never ha da time when the brakes ran out, but I was involded in a couple of near...

Hey al I worked on Sand Patch and Cranberry for over 30 years I've got stories to tell if anyone's interested I retired in 1993

retired railroader from MD. I worked on Sand Patch and Cranberry for 30 years. Iv'e got some stories to tell if anyone's interested.\