earl
February 20, 2007 08:40PM
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Jim worked off and on for several years in the 70's and 80's. When they cut off firemen in Alamosa and eliminated La Veta as a crew change, Jim was out of work quite a bit and came over to the C&TS. He was there in 72-73 before I was around, and 1981-87 or so time period.
Jim was into interesting head gear. He showed up with a derby one day. The next day I went over to Durango and bought one at Woolworths and adopted it for my own. Stebbins stole the idea from me.
About 1984 Jim's son Charlie went to work for the C&TS. He stayed until 1991 when he decided to become a full time farmer. Recently Charlie has decided that full time farming is not too lucrative anymore and he is now working for me again as a conductor/student engineer on the SLRG.
Jim finally got to work steady in ALA when all the old heads retired in the late 1980's. He finally retired when the UP sold the Alamosa lines in 2002.
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