I went to Thanksgiving Day mass at my local parish, and wore a black dress shirt embroidered with the BNSF logo. After mass, a guy in the pew ahead turned to me and asked if I was a railroader. I answered in the affirmative, and we introduced ourselves. He was a retired railroader too, originally a Rock Island Amarillo man, and then he worked for SSW out of Dalhart (and later UPRR after the SP/UP merger). He started with the Rock Island as a Brakeman the same year I started with Santa Fe as a Fireman, and we both retired on the same day, December 31, 2007.
So, all you other railroaders, has a stranger picked you out in a crowd, as a railroader?
