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9.) Mr. Stiegman pointed out one of the old brakemen to me and says, "He's been on this job 30 years workin' like that. I tell him, 'See those planes up there. They're carryin' 30 or 40 vice-presidents who are lookin' down on you workin hard and say, 'Look at that little son-of-a-bitch savin' money for us. Bring on another drink." But it never sinks in."

10.) There was a magnificent sunset out across the Niagara River. Several of us remarked about it but I noticed the fireman paid little attention and assumed he was a tough bird, too hard to care for beauty like that when all of a sudden he says, "When I like to see them is up in the north country out in a canoe on a lake and that pink light shining thru the trees and on the rocks and across the water - that's beautiful!"

11.) Then the moon came up full and cool and lovely and we thought what it might be meaning to London.

The day was a great success. Varley was delighted with the performance.  The little, wizened up conductor, who wore rubber trousers all day and looked like a small edition of Woodrow Wilson, said "she done better than the steam." Even the fireman, antipathetic at first, said after he operated her, "You know, she handles better than a steam engine." The fireman drove us part way back to Buffalo, together with the engineer and the conductor. The fireman was a fast driver and the conductor remarked, "You big s___, if you drove the engine like you drive this car, we'd of been done at 5 o'clock!" We invited them to have a bottle of beer before parting but they declined with thanks, the fireman remarking "I ain't supposed to drink any more. I used to work in a