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Frank Bongiovanni-
Liability you say?  Following the Juniper issue  (*),   an acquaintance 
from the old Norfolk Southern was awarded a seven - figure sum  --
for a broken ankle.
 
Safety ?  NKP 765 was being deadheaded Cleveland to East  Wayne.
Westbound the "CD double", meaning the double track  through
Cleveland, ends at Kishmans.    The  dispatcher elected to hold Extra 
NKP 765 West at "KM"  rather than delay N&W's  TOFC flyer, Apollo-2.
The head-end crew (and visitors) missed the distant signal,  rounded
the curve to find a "stop",  entered single track , and  came to rest
on single track gazing at AP-2's headlight.  The Road Foreman  ?  He
was back in the coaches sipping coffee. He went back on  his
seniority.
 
Public relations ?  A Midwest organization sponsored one of  the
excursions.  One of their coaches was to be included in  the
consist.  The Mechanical Department had impressed on  the
local chapter that the car had to have an  up-to-date COT&S
 (Clean, Oil, Test & Stencil), be mechanically fit,  and pass
the initial terminal brake test.  Train time  came,  apparently
the "air" man had made the stencil in-date, but the car failed  on
the brake test.  That excursion was canceled on the  spot.  Guess
who got the black eye ? 
 
I've always counted those twenty-some years of  SOU/N&W/NS
steam excursions as a blessing and I've never forgotten  all
those railroad supervisors that gave up Sunday golf to  pacify
the fans.  Kudos, also, to all those NRHS chapters that  did
the logistics.  I think Mr. Goode saw the hand-writing on the  wall.
 
                                                       Harry Bundy
 
(*) NOTE:  I have used the latest "buzz-word" created by  the
"spin" doctors at CSX.   Their freight  trains don't have
derailments.   They have issues, or at least that's  what
they're reporting to the public.  Following a  recent
upset at Selma, NC, CSX noted that Amtrak trains  were
being detoured because of a freight train issue at  Selma.



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