(Note: For more serious news, see the following post.)
One of the highlights of the IRM social season is the annual Midwinter Soirée (pronounced "sorry") organized by the Operating Department. The food, fellowship, slide show, door prizes, and general bonhommie are eagerly anticipated. Many of us who worked most of the day even wash our faces and put on clean clothes, and that's what counts as evening wear at IRM. So I attended this year in my capacity as society columnist.
Jim Nauer does his usual effective job as Master of Ceremonies.
Food and drink are always priority #1. We eat more than any similar-sized group of people in the county.
OK, everybody, smile!
I was sitting with the CTA group.
On the far right in this picture is Jerry Pyfer, who gave the slide show.
Jerry Pyfer's slide show covered Chicago-area operations in the early 70's, as well as his experiences working for the Milwaukee Road at that time.
He was working out of Sturtevant. At the interchange there was a curve on a steep hill, which happened to go by the local police station. One evening as a drag was making its way up the hill, the police phoned the operator to report that sparks were shooting out of the locomotive. So the operator replied: "If you were trying to pull 1200 tons uphill, there'd be sparks coming out of your ass too!"
He was working out of Sturtevant. At the interchange there was a curve on a steep hill, which happened to go by the local police station. One evening as a drag was making its way up the hill, the police phoned the operator to report that sparks were shooting out of the locomotive. So the operator replied: "If you were trying to pull 1200 tons uphill, there'd be sparks coming out of your ass too!"
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