Dad and me and the 2018.

Discussion in 'Diesel General' started by frisco1522, Jul 23, 2011.

  1. frisco1522

    frisco1522 Staff Member Staff Member

    I rode in with Dad one trip on the 2018 back in 1962 and when we got the power back to Lindenwood, his fireman Ed Krafft took some pictures of us. I'm glad he did.
     

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  2. klrwhizkid

    klrwhizkid Administrator Staff Member Administrator Frisco.org Supporter

    Don, wonderful pictures. Even though I know you generally have no use for diesels, I'm sure that having the pictures with one of the racehorses as the background is okay with you. Just would have been neater if nearly any one of the Frisco steamers was the backdrop.
     
  3. Coonskin

    Coonskin Member

    Excellent pics, Don. Thank you for sharing your memories with us.

    Andre
     
  4. friscomike

    friscomike Administrator Staff Member Administrator Frisco.org Supporter

    Wow Don,

    First class! Thanks for sharing the excellent photos. Looks like the day was as good as it gets.

    Best,
    mike
     
  5. meteor910

    meteor910 2009 Engineer of the Year Staff Member Frisco.org Supporter

    Don - Thanks for posting. Nice to see a close-up pic of your dad. I'd only seen him in the cabs of locomotive pictures before.

    Where did you run to Lindenwood from - StLUS or somewhere else?

    I think I've met Ed Krafft. Didn't he used to come by TinkerTown and/or Dasho's now and then?

    Ken
     
  6. frisco1522

    frisco1522 Staff Member Staff Member

    Yeah I think "The Big Cheese" hit the hobby shops occasionally. I hopped on at Webster and rode down to Union Stn and back out to Lindenwood with him.
     
  7. wolf1950

    wolf1950 Member

    Love the hat Don!! You Dad looks like a dedicated Engineer. How about climbing on the engine. It was a straight up and down thing.
    These engines are the reasons some Engineers are saying "What did you say"/ I remember them being loud when you had to go back on the engine part.
    Thanks for the post.
    Billy Collins
    Locomotive Engineer
    Birmingham
     
  8. frisco1522

    frisco1522 Staff Member Staff Member

    Billy, I have the same hearing situation from my time on the 1522. I have tinnitus now and don't hear as well as I used to. I can remember a couple times on her, once on Iron Hill where we went through a close cut and the noise actually hurt my ears. I never wore ear protection because I wanted the full effect of what I was doing to be heard. Maybe I should have rethought it. My fireman always wore plugs, but he was on the whistle side.
    We had a few places north out of Birmingham where she got pretty loud. I never knew that division was so hilly.
     

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