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trouble was, I didn't have enough time. There were 5 minutes left for questions after the diesel-electric switcher movie and I thought I was ready for anything, having boned up on every phase of locomotives I could think of. The three questions asked were: (1) How is the diesel engine started? (2) Who washes the diesel engines? (3) Does cold weather adversely affect the performance of a steam locomotive?!!!! Enough said!
Young Rufus Drier was one of those present, now being in Ind. Control Engng. at Sch'dy. probably temporarily as I have heard rumors that he is to land in our Dept and even in our oil-electric section. He is a nice kid and it is refreshing to be with him. We had dinner together at Louis Nicklaus' down in the "grotto" where whom should I run into but "Shiloh" Schairer and her hefty pal, Helen Davis. "Shiloh" looked 100% - very attractive. I told her I was coming over to hear her Strauss' waltzes some time and she said to come - has Carmen now too. After dinner, Drier insisted I come over to his apartment on Union St. (not far from my first abode in Sch'dy.) to kill the few minutes until train time. He proudly showed me some colored stills he had taken, including one of "Dad's house" a beautiful place. Drier impresses me as extremely well bred and while a bit spoiled perhaps nevertheless a kid with promise - genuine, honest, very normal and fond of railroading.
Rode to New York with J.J. Linebaugh, to me somewhat of a tragic figure. Once an acknowledged authority on electrification now more or less shelved and living in the past. He is a braggart - very tiresome - always talking about what he did. But he stands today as an aging man who has known success and now finds

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