SOU Railroad With a Heart - SR

BNSF FAN Jan 19, 2018

  1. BNSF FAN

    BNSF FAN TrainBoard Supporter

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    Here is a newspaper artile like you will never see again. This was in the Joe Wheeler News (Decatur/Hartselle Alabama area) in April 1955. Was some good press for the Southern. This was in a bunch of old newspapers that my grandparents had saved. All of them had to do in some way with Annie Wheeler.
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  2. Hardcoaler

    Hardcoaler TrainBoard Member

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    That's indeed sweet and thanks for sharing it. Quite the reversal from today's press that so often vilifies industry.

    Just a few years ago I read a short story about an NS train crew handing a new NS calendar to an aging man who lived in a modest home facing the tracks. He'd sit on the front porch and wave to every train. He earned a respected spot with the crewmen and they wanted to say thanks for his friendship.
     
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  3. BoxcabE50

    BoxcabE50 HOn30 & N Scales Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    I agree with your sentiments. And the story about that calendar is truly special. (y)
     
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