| | | This "most memorable trip in ore service" is told by a locomotive fireman as he sees the events on an ore train from Duluth-Superior to Ironton, MN. and return in the 1949-1951 era. It covers the call of a pool crew report for work, reporting for work, standard time clock and watch comparison, bulletins, time tables, some special instructions, some Consolidated Code operating rules, air tests, whistle signals, flagging, cab communication between the engineer and fireman, inspections, preparations, tying up, teaching instructions, descriptions, railroad slang and terminology, explanations, running conversations, and more. | Lee Tuskey |