:cool0010: Only a few hours to go. This train managed to stay on the tracks. Thanks everyone for your comments and help, this has been rewarding to say the least.
77 Days Flower.
I woke up and blasted finger hash. Ahhhh, just like I remembered! Set the chiller to 60F just because. I borrowed a Trim Reaper. Curious to see that in action. I will hand trim the majority of it. Got some scissors with the curved blade to try out.
I'm Casey'd out...bear with me,
I liked this photo, these guys were probably the most bad ass crew ever. Casey Jones never followed the rules so I'm guessing it was an adventure to be on board. The train looks bad ass too, dudes are all Jones'n to go tear ass down the tracks burnin' coal and blowin steam! I can't say I ever liked trains or train history or any of that but Casey Jones was one bad ass dude and these guys look like the 382 was their pride and joy.
Jones entered the service of this company as fireman in March, 1888, was promoted to position of engineer in February, 1890, since which date his record has been as follows: Engineer Jones was promoted to position of engineer in February, 1890, and had a reasonably good record, not having been disciplined for the past three years. He had been assigned to passenger service between Memphis and Canton about 60 days before collision occurred and at the first opportunity thereafter Supt. King had talked to him about the importance of the trains to which he had been assigned, instructing him to use good judgement, especially in stormy weather; to keep close lookout for signals at all times, particularly in approaching and passing through stations and yards; adding that the trains he would handle had been successfully handled by other engineers who were on the runs and that satisfactory time had been made. He particularly instructed Jones not to attempt to do any reckless running with the view of establishing a record of making fast time, or better time than the other men on the runs. Jones' work up to the time of the accident had been satisfactory.
This Supt. King guy sounds like he's trying to micromanage.
It is obvious from reading Casey Jones’s history with the Illinois Central that he was about as far from a shrinking violetas you could get. Casey was 6’4” tall and made an impressive appearance. He also was a devoted family man and did not have a reputation as a drinker or carouser. Casey was well liked by his fellow workers, but he was also an aggressive driver and made his share of mistakes along the way. According to the Illinois Central records Casey was suspended on nine different occasions:
February 14, 1891 -- 10-day suspension for being in a collision January 17,
1893 -- 5-day suspension for running a switch 1893(no date) -- 5-day suspension for running a switch
December 6, 1893 -- 10-day suspension for hitting a flatcar
January 4, 1896 -- 15-day suspension for being in a collision
June 16, 1896 -- 30-day suspension for gross carelessness and violating rules
September 3, 1896 -- 30-day suspension for being in a collision
September 22, 1897 -- 10-day suspension for not recognizing a flagman
May 22 1899 -- 30-day suspension for leaving a switch open
Good grief! With a record like that, how is it that the railroad didn’t fire Casey Jones? I think Casey was probably able to keep working because he was the kind of guy who could get the train through and keep it on time against all kinds of odds. In spite of his problems, he was the engineer they called on to do the real tough assignments, and he never turned the railroad down.
