Forty years ago

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Harry

Yes.  I had never taken a two week vacation until the week of July 10, 
1978.   On that day we got up 6 am and heard the N&W was on strike.  I 
told my wife not to answer the phone.  We left for a 2 week vacation to 
Florida.   We got a motel in Florida and turned on the TV.   For 2 weeks 
there was little news on the N&W strike.  Had a wonderful 2 week vacation.

Got back to Roanoke on the 23rd and found the strike was still on.  Then 
on the 24th I reported back to the office.  There were pickets in front 
of the office and I headed to the second floor in an empty elevator.  
There were very few people on the second floor.  I knew it was just a 
matter of time before the ax would fall.

After about 2 hours the few of us left were sent to GOB East to work in 
zone revision to help the famous Bobby Watson audit the way bills and 
get freight bills sent to the customers.  For the rest of the strike I 
worked in GOB East.

With the money we were generating and the amount we were getting from 
the strike fund it was possibly the most profitable time of the N&W. I 
might add at the end we were working 8 to 5 and keeping up the freight 
billing.

It would be several years later that I had to get on a charted flight to 
Cleveland and head to Toledo for the Transportation Department.  I might 
add on my flight they had to kick several people off due to weight 
restrictions.  Then, we only cleared the fence at the end of the runway 
by a few feet.

Jungle Jim or Jim Blackstock


On 7/10/2018 9:31 AM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List wrote:
> July 10, 1978 -- with respect to _all_ N&W employees, do you remember 
> where
> you were that day ? Skip ?  Jungle Jim ? Jimmy ?   Me ?  the Travel Bureau
> had booked a flight for me Roanoke - Fort Wayne, and I had reserved a 
> motel
> room to layover for a drive to Montpelier the next day.  About 4 PM, 
> word from
> the Supt. of Transportation was transmitted -  "Nobody goes 
> anywhere."  But
> that night instead of Fort Wayne, I was on a chartered flight to 
> Cleveland.
> Harry Bundy
>
>
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