Asylum Lead

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Yes, I rode over it one time. I was out with some buddies on a Friday 
night and got home to find I was called off the Gambrinus extra board to 
deadhead to Brewster for a 2 AM start. Having not used my 8 hours rest, 
I was foggy from the outset, but being an "engine helper" (once known as 
fireman) my lack of acuity was not of any consequence. I called the 
aspects of signals on the main tracks, but no one needed my eyes for any 
signals waved by a lantern. It was late Autumn, so we were back on the 
dock at Brewster by the time there was a hint of light in the sky.  I'll 
let you be the judge if I qualified.

     WJPowers



On 6/5/2017 10:00 AM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List wrote:
> Bill:
> The Asylum Lead was on the Pittsburgh Division near Navarre, OH.  
> Originally
> the branch had served a hospital in Massillon, but had been cut back 
> to an industrial
> park with  a cement plant and an 84 Lumber Company.  To serve those
> industries, it was a "run by and back up the hill" arrangement and the 
> trainman
> riding the head car had to bail off and run like heck to flag a 
> non-signaled county
> road. Harry Bundy
>
>
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