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Railroaders' Nostalgia > Everyone’s Favorite ConductorDate: 01/24/16 06:07 Everyone’s Favorite Conductor Author: HardYellow Here's everyone's favorite SP Los Angeles Division conductor, "The Rooster" Freddy Gardenhire...too many stories to write about.
 Date: 01/25/16 12:02 Re: Everyone’s Favorite Conductor Author: crackerjackhoghead It's awfully quiet in here. I made a few trips to Yuma with Freddie, although I can't say I know him very well.
Date: 01/25/16 13:10 Re: Everyone’s Favorite Conductor Author: HardYellow crackerjackhoghead Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > It's awfully quiet in here. I made a few trips to > Yuma with Freddie, although I can't say I know him > very well. Well.....let's just say, you definitely didn't want to follow Freddy on the board, especially out of Yuma. Date: 01/25/16 13:35 Re: Everyone’s Favorite Conductor Author: davebb71 that's a newspaper from august 31st, 1988. cool. dave, out.
Date: 01/25/16 13:41 Re: Everyone’s Favorite Conductor Author: HardYellow davebb71 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > that's a newspaper from august 31st, 1988. cool. > dave, out. Fred was the head breakman. We were making a trip from West Colton to Bakersfield in a "made-up-crew." The paper had an atricle about a train de-railment. Date: 01/26/16 14:35 Re: Everyone’s Favorite Conductor Author: UPNW2-1083 Freddy's last assignment was on the L.A. Basin (West Colton to Long Beach). On his final trip from Long Beach back to West Colton they deadheaded his son, Dane, down to Long Beach to be his engineer.
I only worked with "fast" Freddy a few times, he was a real character. As someone mentioned above, you didn't want to be around him on the board because somehow you would get screwed over.-BMT Date: 01/26/16 15:26 Re: Everyone’s Favorite Conductor Author: HardYellow UPNW2-1083 Wrote:
. As someone mentioned above, > you didn't want to be around him on the board > because somehow you would get screwed over.-BMT Freddy ALWAYS said, "I never screw anybody....that I didn't have too." Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/26/16 15:28 by HardYellow. Date: 01/27/16 10:36 Re: Everyone’s Favorite Conductor Author: SP4360 You mean it's not StarshipConductor?
Oh my! Posted from Android Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/28/16 07:18 by SP4360. Date: 01/27/16 11:39 Re: Everyone’s Favorite Conductor Author: CR3 While there were several, my favorite was Tiger Lyons. A real gentlemen.
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