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This is just a sandbox. The stuff in here will never be posted on the main encyclopedia.

Railroad stuff I've done

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I have lived in many of Nevada's towns, including Currie, Ely, the Cobre area, and Pahrump. Yes I do know that Pahrump was not located along the Nevada Northern, it's just where I decided to retire

Railroad tales

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One day, I was called to repair a train that had broken down just outside of Currie. I hopped into my truck and drove to the spot where the train had broken down (there were no roads, by the way; I had to drive on the terrain, which in itself was fun). Once I got there I climbed out of my truck and asked what the problem was. They said that they did not know what the problem was, all they knew was the train was acting funny. I inspected the boiler and quickly found out that several of the rivets were missing. I went to my truck to grab my toolbox, but I realized my toolbox was back at my house in Ely, almost an hour and a half away. I had to run back home, grab my toolbox, and when I opened my toolbox, I saw that I didn't have the right sized rivets for the locomotive. So then I had to purchase the right sized rivets and head an hour and a half south to the train. Once I arrived, I apologized for the delay, and I got to work fixing up the locomotive. Once I had finished, I started my truck and began to drive to Currie, but about five minutes after I had started my vehicle, it stopped. I checked the gas gauge; it was on empty. So, I had to push my truck about four miles to Currie, where I filled up and stayed the night at the depot. The next day, I drove to Ely, and just as I was arriving in town, my back left tire went flat. That was back in 1978.

Places I've been

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From the year of my birth, which was 1950, to 1967, I had never been out of the state of Nevada. However, we took a trip to California in 1967, and it was a very nice trip. Below is a table showing where I've been, what year I went there, and what I did:

City State (or country) Year What I did
Round Valley California 1967 I just wandered about town, sometimes helping with some ranch work.
Portland Oregon 1969 I went there on vacation with my family.
Portland Oregon 1970 I lived in Portland from 1970-1972.
West Wendover Nevada 1972 I lived in West Wendover from 1972 to 1975, when I joined the NN as an engineer.
Ely Nevada 1975 I lived in Ely from 1975 to 1979.
Cobre Nevada 1978 I stayed in the Cobre area for two weeks.
Currie Nevada 1979 I lived in Currie from 1979 to 1983, when I was discharged from the NN.
Pahrump Nevada 1983 I have lived in Pahrump from 1983 to the present day.
Provo Utah 1985 I visited with family in Provo for a few days.
Promontory Summit Utah 1990 I visited Promontory on May 10, 1990, to watch the reenactment of the driving of the last spike. I still occasionally make trips there on May 10. In addition, I also visited the sites of Kelton, Terrace, and Lucin.
Honolulu Hawaii 1990 I took my family to Honolulu for vacation. It was very enjoyable.
Boston Massachusetts 1992 I went East just to see what it was like.
Provo Utah 1992 After I got back from Boston, I visited my family in Provo that I hadn't seen in seven years.
Mexico City Mexico 1997 Since I had never been out of the country, I traveled to Mexico City for a week.