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IHC Member 1541
Picture of Lorne Wasylishen
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I've taken to pestering widows, children and grandchildren of former railroaders in hope of documenting some of the watches used on the C.N.R. here in Smithers B.C.

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Posts: 2093 | Location: British Columbia in Canada | Registered: March 02, 2011
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Picture of Edward L. Parsons, Jr.
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Got any pictures?


Best Regards,

Ed
 
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IHC Member 1541
Picture of Lorne Wasylishen
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This watch belonged to Conductor John T. Wright
Hired on Sept. 22, 1949
Wrote up as a Conductor Sept. 29, 1953
Retired Dec. 31, 1983

John was an old school railroader all the way, no short-cuts when you worked with him.

He wore striped coveralls and smoked a pipe at work. The pipe was rarely lit but he always had it in his mouth, even when we were switching.

I hired out on the mainline where there was very little switching so when I moved up here there was a bit of a learning curve as we had to make up our own train every trip. The curve was a bit steeper when working with John as he was not easy to understand while explaining switching moves with the pipe in his mouth.

 
Posts: 2093 | Location: British Columbia in Canada | Registered: March 02, 2011
IHC Member 1541
Picture of Lorne Wasylishen
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Front

 
Posts: 2093 | Location: British Columbia in Canada | Registered: March 02, 2011
IHC Member 1541
Picture of Lorne Wasylishen
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Mvt.

 
Posts: 2093 | Location: British Columbia in Canada | Registered: March 02, 2011
IHC Member 1541
Picture of Lorne Wasylishen
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Bezel removed

 
Posts: 2093 | Location: British Columbia in Canada | Registered: March 02, 2011
IHC Member 1541
Picture of Lorne Wasylishen
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inside case

 
Posts: 2093 | Location: British Columbia in Canada | Registered: March 02, 2011
IHC Member 1541
Picture of Lorne Wasylishen
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Serial# close-up

 
Posts: 2093 | Location: British Columbia in Canada | Registered: March 02, 2011
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