"Oh Man" Billy thought to himself "You can't swing a cat in this cab without hitting a trainman". "Hey Punk" Billy said aloud "Why don't you stay with the train, after all, we got your head Brakie and the rear end crew on the other train will be doing most of the work". "That way you'll stay warm and Breakfast will be ready when we show back up... or maybe Lunch."
"Waal, y'know Billy" Punk replied "You just got promoted and I gotta make sure that you do things right".
"Well, I tried" Billy thought as he eased back out on the throttle and started hooking up the Johnson bar to make it easier on the Ash Cat across the cab. "I wonder what's wrong with the Hog on 29?" he said half aloud, "probably a blown flue."
"Whazzat?" queried Punk.
"Nuttin, just talkin to myself" Billy replied.
They were just getting up to speed on the Main when .....