Speed--Tunnel; Derail Operation - Newspapers

[Dietrich, Robert J.]

Ken J Wrote:

> I remember one outbound trip through the tunnel on a 42/38. We passed an
> inbound 1700. The motorman had his head buried in a newspaper and did
> not respond to our motorman's gong. There was a moderate load of
* passengers in the inbound car. Ken J.

This triggered a memory flash of watching the motorman open up his newspaper
as soon as we entered the tunnel.  At first light at the end of the tunnel
it would get folded up and returned to the designated location. I know I saw
it more then once.

Bob