Meanwhile, Sam and Bill talk with the delivery driver from Air Products. Yes, the oxygen tanks need re-filling. No, we usually don't refill them from the back of the truck! Yes, an exchange of tanks would work just nicely!
The crew gather around and listen to old Johnny spin tales about "the Good Old Days" as he sits on the bumper of his Ford Model A. Purchased by his father in 1931, the car has been restored at least twice during the subsequent 75+ years. Old Johnny himself- like his father before him, and his son, Earl, since- worked for the railroad after finishing school. World War 2 sent him overseas to fight the Japanese in the jungles of Burma; upon his return he gladly went back to cleaning out steam engine boilers! He retired in 1985, after 45 years of railroading and now enjoys watching others do the hard and dirty work!
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I like the stories to go with the pictures. Very cool!
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