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<p>[QUOTE="bosko69, post: 4483329, member: 16283"]My Grandpa also would've loved this article.He was the lead machinist in the 30's thru the late 50's for the NWPRR Railroad that ran from Eureka down to the Bay Area.He also manned the 'Big Hook'- the 250-ton Industrial Brownhoist wrecking crane.When there was a track washout along the Eel or Russian River and a locomotive or rolling stack was lost,he was sent to the site for repairs (or more often) recovery/salvage.He loved and lived big rolling stock for most of his life.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bosko69, post: 4483329, member: 16283"]My Grandpa also would've loved this article.He was the lead machinist in the 30's thru the late 50's for the NWPRR Railroad that ran from Eureka down to the Bay Area.He also manned the 'Big Hook'- the 250-ton Industrial Brownhoist wrecking crane.When there was a track washout along the Eel or Russian River and a locomotive or rolling stack was lost,he was sent to the site for repairs (or more often) recovery/salvage.He loved and lived big rolling stock for most of his life.[/QUOTE]
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