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Riding in the Head End of the ‘Builder’ – Part 2
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Riding in the Head End of the ‘Builder’ – Part 2

ByJim Loomis 08/18/200809/06/2014

Engineer Bob Kolkman was constantly tugging at a lever that blows the whistle. Even though this was a rural area, there were a lot of grade crossings, some paved, but mostly dirt roads crossing the tracks. He blew the whistle — the traditional long-long-short-long — at each and every one even though, from our elevated…

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