Show I Engineer ineer Retires After After 56 Y Years ok 06 Will Try Riding the the Cushions' Cushions N Now Gus 72 said to be bethe bethe bethe the oldest engineer on the Union Pacific system and one of the west's railroad N. N t pioneers was or ordered ordered ordered or- or dered retired Tuesday after atter A thet the 56 years at t f. t q l throttle throttle A i m in mer e r if j I. I began his railroad rail rail- Ji t road career at atthe the of 14 as asa as Wf age a wiper in nn 0 h round round- Omaha m a a lA house He wIlls will s conclude 56 years r y i In n th the e ca cab b J Jt June une t 1 1 y years e a r 5 C ij l' l I scores scores crowded experiences of star star- with G. G on the roaring rails Since pioneers of ot transportation blazed the first transcontinental iron trail tran the railroad game has been played by men of courage and is one of the v. v veterans veterans vet vet- t- t erans who preserved traditions which originated with the first path of steel that linked the cast east and the west He says say railroad I men are Just the same as they they ever eyer were at least in spirit When informed of his retirement Tuesday at th the the- Elks club which he calls home declared declared de de- de- de cared that from now on he is go going go- go lag ing to spend his time riding the cushions Ever since since- I started pulling trains he said Ive rYe always envied en en- vied led the passengers back In th tha th Pullmans Just as soon as P possible possible ble Im I'm going to make a tour of every railroad in the United States A few few minutes before he lie boarded the Los Angeles Limited Mert Mert- for a Joy ride Tuesday became reminiscent and nd recounted some of his early ad adventures adventures adventures ad- ad ventures on the roaring rails When I was 14 years old I started wiping engines In the said roundhouse at at Omaha he lie Since then Ive I've worked on every even division of the Union Pacific and Ive I've pulled about everything from froman an old fashioned wOod burner to the new wheel 10 mountain racers About the most times I ever er had was when I was pulling trains into La Platte The train crew used to sleep on the engine at night because they were afraid I of fit Wyoming bad men |