Conrail derailment.
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M.D.Bentley
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Conrail derailment.
Last night there was a derailment at Rouge yard. Night job had about 60 cars from USS and about the middle of the train a few cars decided to leave the rail. Hulcher on the scene now.
Re: Conrail derailment.
That must be the Hulcher crew from the Toledo Division. That has got be a cold miserable job in the winter weather up there.
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M.D.Bentley
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Re: Conrail derailment.
Yup. We call, they come. Weather has nothing to do with it. These guys are as hard as the frozen ground they work on.mowingman wrote:That must be the Hulcher crew from the Toledo Division. That has got be a cold miserable job in the winter weather up there.
Re: Conrail derailment.
Yes, a good friend of mine, who was a VP with Hulcher for about 35 years,(now retired), has told me a lot of stories about cleaning up wrecks in all kinds of terrible weather.
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Re: Conrail derailment.
I dont know how many crews run out of Toledo for Hulchers but the forman I talked to a few years ago had some amazing stories of going up into Canada on some bad wrecks in the Mountains. Between wreck gangs and great lakes sailors I don't think you'd find a tougher bunch of guys.