Re: Fred Oster

I first met Fred way back when he was a 14 year old, kid foaming all over the 20. I may have been the guy that talked him into volunteering at the CRRM. I have many Freddy stories, some I will take to my grave. My favorite one however, was the day that bouncing through Buena Vista in the G Buster, Unka Bob convinced Fred that there was a complete, intact Mason 2-6-6T down in the basement of the local high school. Fred bought that story. The last time that I saw Fred was on the 2015 trip to the states. Visited with him at the CRRM. He was the same guy that I knew from the early days at the museum. The same guy that I railroaded with at the North Yard. I will miss Freddy a lot, after all he was the best man at my second wedding.