Earl Wrote:
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> Kelly Anderson Wrote:
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> > Mike Wrote:
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> > > I think the fact you've worked so many places
> > serves
> > > as a testament to the trust and respect
> owners
> > > have for you as a railroader.
> >
> > Or it's a testament to Earl's bad luck when it
> > comes to finding stable employment in this
> > industry. I count myself very fortunate to
> have
> > had only one employer for the last thirty five
> > years, even it it has been on a too short
> railroad
> > in a really crappy climate.
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> How true. It was never my intention to be a
> "boomer". I left the C&TS in 1998 because I saw
> where the new management was headed, and my wife
> needed the kind of medical care that not only did
> not exist in Chama, it didn't exist in the rest of
> the state of NM either. I ended up in TX working
> for the Ft. Worth and Western. Less that a year
> later, they sold out of the passenger biz to some
> outfit from Michigan who not only did not pay into
> RR Retirement, they didn't have any health
> insurance program - that was the deal breaker. I
> got hired with a road up in Wichita Falls, sold
> the house in Ft Worth, moved up there, bought
> another house. That outfit lost it's biggest
> customer 6 months later and they laid me off. I
> stayed up there for a few more years, hanging on
> by contract work, a stint back in Chama, a job up
> in Oklahoma, and another out in west Texas.
> Eventually I hooked up with Iowa Pacific and moved
> to Globe AZ. IPH moved me to ALA and later to
> Rusk, TX before we parted company.
I see both of your points Earl and Kelly and meant no disrespect to you Earl by stating what I said. I like to take a "glass half full" approach in life and in the end wish the best for you and your future!
Mike Wilson
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