Missing boy found miles away on train
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Reminds me of when I was a boy,my grandfather,a 40 yr. SP hand.said that I always wore my
engineer outfit(striped hat/overalls/gloves/red bandana),that I hopped a freight caboose parked
on a siding in Marfa,the train rolled out and the brakey found me in Valentine 20 miles up the line!
When I told him who mI was and who my grandfather was he went to the little phone box(no cell phones in those days!)
besdes the tracks and called Marfa, my grandfather came and got me, gave me the talking too
and seat warming I deserved,and ever since its been a love affair with trains!I was 4 then!
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Sounds eerily similar, except that you were in a caboose, and this boy was outside on a coupling!Reminds me of when I was a boy,my grandfather,a 40 yr. SP hand.said that I always wore my
engineer outfit(striped hat/overalls/gloves/red bandana),that I hopped a freight caboose parked
on a siding in Marfa,the train rolled out and the brakey found me in Valentine 20 miles up the line!
When I told him who mI was and who my grandfather was he went to the little phone box(no cell phones in those days!)
besdes the tracks and called Marfa, my grandfather came and got me, gave me the talking too
and seat warming I deserved,and ever since its been a love affair with trains!I was 4 then!
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