I am sure Jimmy Lisle is correct in his memory of the Link cigar story.

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 Link had a caboose at the front of the train as his "office" during the 1238 runs. That's where the brakeman was riding.  I believe Link was on the a-tank with the microphones, relatively close to the caboose, but he was still upwind.

Dave Stephenson

    On Thursday, April 30, 2020, 10:02:13 AM EDT, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:  
 
 
My misapprehension, placing the brakeman in the doghouse, depends on a much stronger cigar than seems likely.  There is a peculiar way that odors seem to carry farther in cold air, but a train’s length is unrealistic.   Thanks for bringing me back down to earth.

Neill  
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