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series called X Minus One, which ran in the waning days of network radio back in the 1950’s. In the opening of this show, the announcer dramatically tells listeners that they are about to experience adventures “in which you’ll
ment that would never have existed, build bridges that could not stand up under their own weight, or have UP Big Boys hauling stack trains. The truth is, I chose freelancing first because it just naturally appealed to the contrarian in me, and second, because it fulfilled the need for a creative outlet that was miss- ing in my life during a time when my work was all about being creative. For nearly 25 years I made my living writing advertising, dreaming up TV and radio commercials, magazine ads, and sales brochures for everything from cars to beer. Now you might think a job like that would give me all the creative outlets I could handle and you would be right—up to a point. That point is called “creative freedom,” and in the advertising business it’s normal- ly in very short supply. The creativity involved in advertis-
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Texas Transportation Co. No. 1 is spending its retirement under a shelter on private property in Elmendorf, Texas. The steeplecab electric locomotive was used to switch the Pearl Brewery plant in San Antonio until the plant was closed in 2000. —CARL LEHMAN PHOTO
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identified it as a Peter Witt car, when it is a center-entrance car built by Kuhlman. Peter Witt cars are pay-as-you-pass, requiring a front door. Also, we alienated most of Mich- igan when we placed Michigan State Univer- sity in Ann Arbor instead of East Lansing in our review of the new book on Pere Marquette No. 1225 in the February issue. Thanks to Raymond Smit and A.L. Oxley for the correc- tion. As always, we appreciate all of our read- ers keeping us on our toes. — S.B.
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ly squirreled away, but not on the old Pearl Brewery property. It is under a protective open-sided building on private property in Elmendorf, Texas, which is 18 miles south of San Antonio on the Old Corpus Christi Road. The owner of the property said he is storing the locomotive until the owners, whom he did not name, decide what to do with it.” We thank Carl for filling us in on this miss- ing piece of information. — S.B.
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