BobHuddleston Wrote:
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> And no where is there any reference to dates of
> these alleged occurrences. While they might have
> happened, when it comes to the RGS I suspect *any*
> good story!
It also seems that some of the RGS employees loved to tell a tale, especially when they had a credulous Easterner on the hook. Even if the incident in question really took place, considerable embroidery was often the order of the day. Even Lucius Beebe didn't buy 'em all!
"'Used to be a stub switch there; led to a siding around that little ledge' he remarked. (If any rails had ever been laid on the ledge he indicated they had been suspended by the kind of faith that is akin to charity)"
-Mixed Train Daily, pg 148
hank