One of my summer jobs was working at a soybean mill. We would load boxcars with bags of meal. When it was time to move to an empty car, I drove the switch engine to move the train. Great fun.
I should confess, on occasion I would take the switch engine for a joy ride only on property of course.
Another summer, I worked on the loading dock for farm equipment. We would load the trailers of semis. Sometimes the driver would be gone to dinner or somewhere and so I would drive the semi away to park to allow an empty one to back up. I have never such a complicated gear setup. Wow!
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