Re: NNG Railroaders I miss.

Kelly Anderson Wrote:
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> John Cole Wrote:
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> > While I know I am going to embarrass myself
> here
> > is the question, could Marty run that Alamite
> gun
> > by herself? That is usually a 2 man (woman)
> job.
>
> Running a grease gun by yourself is much less
> likely to cost you a finger, though there are
> still plenty of cases where people's left hand


> didn't know what their right hand was doing. We
> even had one who did it with a manual lever
> operated grease gun.

Up at the Calif. state R.R. Museum I once helped UP Joe grease the rods and with that manual gun it kept both of us busy. Never lost a finger though even being a greenhorn.