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06/10/00 10:26 |
Bob Montbriand |
The story about the
windows on the engines brought to mind a true story about a dear friend of mine A. E. Richmire who was for many
years an Agent-telegrapher at
Walker, Mn on the now abandoned M&I branch. It seems that management had decided to replace
the huge old wooden depot structure
with a much smaller, attractive brick station. The depot was situated
on the north side of the platform
and the windows which surrounded the
telegraph desk jutted out over the platform (for good visibility
of approaching trains). It also
faced directly south and it became extremely hot when the afternoon sun came beating in. Rich asked
repeatedly for installation of
venetian blinds to cut down on the heat but was always told that they were not in the plans nor
budget. Finally Rich wrote a personal
letter to the Division Super commenting on the attractiveness of his
new depot, but at same time
mentioning the problem caused by the heat of the afternoon sun. He asked that, if the NP could not afford the
expense of venetian blinds, perhaps
the Super could authorize him to purchase one can of paint so that he could paint the windows black. (The
venetian blinds were quickly
authorized). depot, A. E. Richmire,
Walker, Minnesota, agent, telegrapher, M&I branch, budget Compiler
C Frissell |