tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1709698839135404853.post7205114233386267179..comments2023-02-27T08:39:57.803-06:00Comments on Heavener blogs: The KCS and Heavener (Part 2)Craig Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11265567466052776075noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1709698839135404853.post-79364215912173550542008-12-21T09:51:00.000-06:002008-12-21T09:51:00.000-06:00Good stuff, Glen! Keep it coming, please.Good stuff, Glen! Keep it coming, please.Chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07989033775725464917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1709698839135404853.post-8373113464506164972008-12-20T23:18:00.000-06:002008-12-20T23:18:00.000-06:00More interesting memories. I had heard of "the ca...More interesting memories. I had heard of "the call boy" but had completely forgotten that not everyone had phones back in those days. I remember when Preston Benjamin's dad got killed on the railroad, and when Leo Anderson got his foot cut off. I remember a story Jim told about something that happened afterwards about that, that I hesitate to write about here. I remember when Tinker Cram Pat Burroughshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03863008366784450503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1709698839135404853.post-56410699992759164022008-12-20T12:58:00.000-06:002008-12-20T12:58:00.000-06:00Thanks so much, Glen. I was never around the railr...Thanks so much, Glen. I was never around the railroad much at all, so everything I read from you, or hear from Cynthia, is all new to me. I will still get Cynthia to write her own blog on the KCS sometime. Or, at least, I will get her to comment on your's. She's in Heavener as I write this, visiting her Aunt Mable. Everything about the KCS is so interesting. All I know is her dad Felix and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1709698839135404853.post-75503107483104218962008-12-20T07:24:00.000-06:002008-12-20T07:24:00.000-06:00Thanks again Glen! You are much more educated abou...Thanks again Glen! You are much more educated about the KCS than I ever was. I grew up to the calls of the call-boy too. I remember several really bad accidents associated with the KCS some in and around the RR yards there in Heavener. My dad also received a back injury that bothered him the rest of his life. It happened when a flat car loaded with poles lost its load and he got hit by one of theBill Hindshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16948396347475405833noreply@blogger.com