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d.) The engineer notices the deficiency in braking power compared to the G-10 and uses an enormous amount of sand braking because he doesn't want to "flat her". Here again in more argument for magnetic track brakes.

e.) The locomotive is so short, they can get 3 cars on the gas works switchback instead of 2, saving them some extra moves - an unanticipated advantage.

[[check mark]] f.) Boston & Albany conductor yells at Engineer - "When are you going to give that back to that kid you stole it from?"

[[check mark]] g.) Ayers, Master Mechanic whom I met at Greenfield last winter when I was studying this job, says to me as we stand looking at the locomotive, "So [[underline]] this [[/underline]] is the result of the [[underlined]] intensive [[/underlined]]^[[, study on]] you made." It sounded awfully sarcastic to me and I began to see why Jack Tobin says everybody hated him at Boston although I thought him very pleasant in my contact last year.

h.) Frank Van Ness, trainmaster, in his pleasant, quiet friendly way, telling us how pleased he is with the way the locomotive is working and half apologizing for not getting up sooner but he stopped down the line to help an 86 year old crossing watchman fill out his pension papers; he was getting too feeble to operate the gates and Frank wanted to help him all he good -- exactly like Frank - a swell guy.

It was decided to send the loco to Holyoke tonight to go to work there at 6:30 AM tomorrow, so Ernie and Murray rode it down and Neil and I drove in his car to Holyoke to catch a good nights sleep, arise at 5:30 AM and get the crew started in the