Nostalgia & History > Jim "The Bear" Mahon

Does he still take charge of snow fighting on the Donner Pass or has he retired yet? Didnt know if he still hung around Cajon these days.

I believe he has been retired for quite a while unless I've got him confused with a different Mahon.


steamjocky

He retired form Up in 1999.
A real legend on the mountain as they say.

Nova55 Wrote:
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> He retired form Up in 1999.
> A real legend on the mountain as they say.

Lives in Auburn,CA
Should be a legend on the Sierra, having worked on the mountain continously from 1964 to 1999,in positions of Truckee Roadmaster, Colfax Roadmater,Assistant to Divison Engineer-Track, District M of W Supervisor, Assistant Division Engineer and Division Engineer.
JLY

Someone needs to write about the Mahon family. They were everywhere on the system. The Hill, Shasta, Coast, etc.


Nudge

spnudge Wrote:
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> Someone needs to write about the Mahon family.
> They were everywhere on the system. The Hill,
> Shasta, Coast, etc.

Not to mention on the San Antonio Division. This was not about the Bear but about his brother Richard:

http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?11,833620,833620#msg-833620

And the touch he did up on Donner is not there now with UP Running the show, and the thing I thought from pics was he being a big guy, but after watching the tape "The Battle for Donner Pass" he was a short guy with a squeeky voice, but that didn't matter when you hear about how everyone on that crew respected him!