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Train Engines

Posted by aurum @ 10:04 on November 17, 2025  

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!

aurum

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