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railroad’s offices are also located. We entered the foyer and knocked on the door. Immedi- ately we were waved into the office where David Ray, the railroad’s general superinten- dent, introduced himself. He confirmed what we had feared — the last train of the day was now in the yard and finished. However, he did offer us a tour of the yard and shop, which we eagerly accepted. We got in our car and followed him back into the shop area. Once there, he pulled out a couple of Sandersville ball caps and handed them to us. Thank you! As we toured we got the complete run-
like making enough trees for a forest, shingling roofs, or cutting about a mil- lion pieces of stripwood to the same length for a board-by-board construc- tion project. Such things are fun, to a point, and then they become less fun. In order to break the boredom during
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down: The railroad has three crews that come on each morning, staggered one hour apart. Each has its own assignment and does its work as quickly and efficiently as possible; each crew takes interchange traffic down to Norfolk Southern, and by mid-afternoon the railroad is usually finished for the day. We also got to see the railroad’s complete roster in the shop area, including four SW1500s, one SW1200 and two slugs. From here we ventured back to the Georgia
these “drudge projects,” I often listen to recordings of old radio shows, shows that were broadcast from the l930’s to the 1950’s, great programs like the Jack Benny Show, Suspense, and The Lone Ranger. Unlike watching TV while modeling, I can keep my eyes on the work while my mind goes off on an adventure somewhere else, except for the part in charge of keeping the hand holding the hobby knife from slicing the fingers off the hand that isn’t! One of my favorite shows is a sci-fi
Central and continued our trip. But we had a fantastic time on the Sandersville and look forward to getting back there for a visit again soon. —S.B.
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
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Your February 2015 edition of RAILFAN & RAILROAD was incorrectly marked as Volume 34, No. 1; It should read Volume 34, No. 2. We regret the error, and you’ll note this issue is correctly marked as No. 3. With any luck, the April 2015 edition will be correctly marked No. 4 (no promises). I’d also like to apologize to the good people
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2015 Stockton Pizza Party
Our annual Stockton Pizza Party is a great way to kick off the annual Winterail festivi- ties. Come for the pizza and pop, stay for some
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-
great slide shows! Please email Steve Barry at
editor@railfan.com if you have a brief slide show you’d like to share as part of the eve- ning entertainment — shows are limited to 20 minutes and we still have a couple of slots left. The Stockton Pizza Party takes place on Friday night, March 13, at the Scottish Rite Center, 33 West Alpine Drive, Stockton, Ca- lif., and the pizza is served at 5:00 p.m. Tick- ets are $10.00 at the door, pizza is first come, first served. And last we checked, tickets are still avail-
ing is not the same as the kind used to write poetry or to coax beautiful statu- ary out of a slab of marble. That is pure creativity, the kind that answers only to the heart and soul of the artist.
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able for the big event, Winterail, on March 14. A large railroadiana show will be held at the Scottish Rite Center, and multi-media shows from some of the best photographers in the west (if not the world) will be presented in the theater on the 25-foot screen. Winterail is always one of my favorite events each year, and I always look forward to getting to Cali- fornia’s Central Valley and the San Francis- co Bay Area. But even after attending over a dozen of these shows, this Jersey guy still can’t figure out why it’s called Winterail when the temperature never gets below 60 degrees. See you in Stockton. —S.B.
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