Story - Railroad Initiation Rites

Compiled by Le Roy Barnett

INITIATION RITES FOR NEW RAILROAD EMPLOYEES

  • Have someone go up to the locomotive to get a bucket of steam.

  • Send someone to get the red kerosene for the red light in the lanterns.

  • Have someone stand by the trackpans as a train came by to take on water.

  • Have someone go up to the locomotive for a can of compressed air.

  • Look for a lefthanded switch key

Bibliography

The following sources are utilized in this website. [SOURCE-YEAR-MMDD-PG]:

  • [AAB| = All Aboard!, by Willis Dunbar, Eerdmans Publishing, Grand Rapids ©1969.
  • [AAN] = Alpena Argus newspaper.
  • [AARQJ] = American Association of Railroads Quiz Jr. pamphlet. © 1956
  • [AATHA] = Ann Arbor Railroad Technical and Historical Association newsletter "The Double A"
  • [AB] = Information provided at Michigan History Conference from Andrew Bailey, Port Huron, MI

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