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I hired on at Norfolk Southern/Triple Crown back in 1990.  Started at TC HQ in Fort Wayne and was relocated to Detroit shortly after.  Our office was at NS Oakwood yard where our area saw both truck and rail ops.  My primary job was to arrange the highway deliveries and pick ups and get the rail traffic routed correctly.   Most of the traffic was JIT auto assembly freight for the Big 3.  There were times when I'd see TC train 254 on the bridge over Dix-Toledo road just outstide the yard on my way to the office and I'd think "It's gonna be a long day".  I still work in intermodal logistics but working at Oakwood with the Triple Crown roadrailers was a pretty cool experience that benefits me to this day on my current job.

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