Re: Jim Pearce, former D&RGW Engineer (another story)
| November 25, 2014 07:58AM |
Another Jim Pearce story;
Jim told me at one time he went up to Salida for a short while and worked on the Monarch Branch. He was paired with an Engineer who had a fondness for Beanee Weenees:
This Engineer would punch a small hole in his can of Beanee Weenees and place them up on the backhead as they headed up the switchbacks so by the time they got to Monarch his lunch would be nice and hot. One day Jim was down on the deck shoveling coal as they climbed the upper switchback and he heard a "pop" noise above the sound of the engine and saw beans flying everywhere. When he looked up he saw the Engineer with a surprised look on his face and covered with beans and pieces of hot dog. Apparently he had forgotten to punch a hole in the can to let the pressure out and the can had exploded. Jim said from that day until retirement the Engineer's nickname was "Beanee Weenee" even though they guy never brought a can of them on the engine again...
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/25/2014 07:59AM by Dave Peterson.
Jim told me at one time he went up to Salida for a short while and worked on the Monarch Branch. He was paired with an Engineer who had a fondness for Beanee Weenees:
This Engineer would punch a small hole in his can of Beanee Weenees and place them up on the backhead as they headed up the switchbacks so by the time they got to Monarch his lunch would be nice and hot. One day Jim was down on the deck shoveling coal as they climbed the upper switchback and he heard a "pop" noise above the sound of the engine and saw beans flying everywhere. When he looked up he saw the Engineer with a surprised look on his face and covered with beans and pieces of hot dog. Apparently he had forgotten to punch a hole in the can to let the pressure out and the can had exploded. Jim said from that day until retirement the Engineer's nickname was "Beanee Weenee" even though they guy never brought a can of them on the engine again...
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/25/2014 07:59AM by Dave Peterson.
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