Railroaders' Nostalgia > 3rd Trick Blues, part three

By the time of my work at Tampa Yard the SAL passenger trains were on the decline.
The local that made an early morning affival (about 3 or 4AM) was down to one or two
cars and one locomotive.Since it was just a connection from Wildwood,whatever power
around was used.One night I saw it with a C420.
One of my jobs was to go over to the station and cut the steam,air and signal lines between
the cars and the locomotive.Actually,after that my job was finished and I could go home
but most of the time I did not.
On one particular night for some reason there was an old heavyweight Pullman setting on
a track next to the arriving train.Sooo,why should I go home? I'll get on the car and go to sleep.
Well,I did until the first trick carman came and woke me.By that time it was after 8AM! I should
have been gone hours ago.I was a little red faced but no one else said a word.

UJ

 

The alibi:
Verification of seat cushion condition.
...Lorenzo