MD Ramsey Wrote:
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> I probably was as I was the only one that wore
> goggles and they were my own. I started wearing
> them in 1980 on the C&TS as a way to keep the
> cinders from getting behind my contact lenses,
> which is a real pain when they do.
>
> Maybe the engineer let me run a little that day,
> so in that case, both the fireman and engineer
> would be wearing them.
>
> MDR
Cool beans Mike, now I'm convinced you were in the cab of my train back then. We rode the SJ Express and it was a 6 car train that day. We also got delayed by a mudslide which I thought was cool for some reason. 476 was our engine and we rode in early August of 1982. After looking at a few pictures we did ride on the left side of the train so I would have seen more of the fireman that day.
William
aka drgwk37