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Western Railroad Discussion > Bruce Butler Retires at 81Date: 01/13/22 22:29 Bruce Butler Retires at 81 Author: funnelfan I've worked with Bruce Butler for nearly 10 years. A fantastic guy that would never hesitate to climb off the locomotive to grab a switch to help you out as a conductor. A great work ethic that he would take a call even for the not-so-good jobs to help fill in when the regular employees could not. He covered for me more times than I can count. We've been through a lot over the years, the good, the bad and the ugly. But he always kept a pleasant attitude and was great to work with. We both enjoy the job of working for a shortline. There is a lot of stories in those years, such as this one of him posing with the Governor of Washington while the governor's wife takes a photo. Congratulations are indeed the order of the day!
https://railfan.com/long-time-pacific-northwest-railroader-pulls-the-pin-at-81-years-old/ Ted Curphey Ontario, OR Date: 01/13/22 23:08 Re: Bruce Butler Retires at 81 Author: Fizzboy7 Thats a wonderful story, and certainly needed during these trying days. Glad he made it through and got a little recognition in the process.
Must have been a very windy day for his send off. Check out those trees leaning! Date: 01/14/22 02:05 Re: Bruce Butler Retires at 81 Author: IC_2024 Nice photo and congrats to Bruce! ( don't think I want to work that long, but amen to our lil RR brother-- dynamite comes in small packages!).
Date: 01/14/22 02:46 Re: Bruce Butler Retires at 81 Author: FiestaFoamer That's wonderful. Thank you for sharing, Ted.
Date: 01/14/22 10:19 Re: Bruce Butler Retires at 81 Author: tomstp Worked thru age 81 !. Musta hated his job ! Bet the railroad hated to see him go. I retired at 67. No way I could have lasted as long as he did.
Date: 01/14/22 11:46 Re: Bruce Butler Retires at 81 Author: PHall tomstp Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Worked thru age 81 !. Musta hated his job > ! Bet the railroad hated to see him go. I > retired at 67. No way I could have lasted as > long as he did. I think it all matters on where you worked. The working conditions on a short line are probably a lot different then what you have on a Class 1. Date: 01/14/22 12:13 Re: Bruce Butler Retires at 81 Author: Ritzville Nice story Ted! Glad you got work with such an excellent railroader. Hope Bruce is enjoying retirement.
Larry Date: 01/14/22 13:11 Re: Bruce Butler Retires at 81 Author: spider1319 Nice photo neat story and gracious of Governor Inslee to recognize Bruce.Bill Webb
Date: 01/14/22 13:31 Re: Bruce Butler Retires at 81 Author: funnelfan spider1319 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Nice photo neat story and gracious of Governor > Inslee to recognize Bruce.Bill Webb That photo was from 2015 from a ceremony celebrating a public-private deal with Highline Grain to rebuild 8 miles of the railroad to serve a new shuttle elevator at Four Lakes, WA. Bruce was selected to be the engineer for the special train that the Governor ran for a short distance to the event. Ted Curphey Ontario, OR |