page 22 - December 28, 1977 - North Shore News |

| By HAROLD HYDE -

The year 1938—one of the
lean. years. Unemployment
was high, earnings low. Few
families could afford a turkey
“that Christmas. °

' My family were no excep-
tion, even though. Dad was a
locomotive engineer on the
C.P.R. As a junior man on

the sparé-board, he was on |

call and worked only when
regular hoggers booked off.
He was always sure of two
trips a year—Christmas and
New Year. .

As a turkey was beyond the
limits of the family budget, it
was decided to sacrifice one.
of Mother’s pet laying hens.
I remember the woebegone
expression on Mother’s face
when she saw the chicken. It
dressed out less than six
pounds—slim pickings for a

family of five. O

Christmas Eve Dad was:

called for passenger train
No. 4, Engine 2864 out of
Vancouver; returning west-
bound from iNerth Bend. on
No. 3, Engine 2860 Christ-
mas morning.

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The Royal ‘Hudson 2800
series engines assigned to
“Cascade. — subdivision
were the ultimate in steam;

‘the pride and joy of all .
“engine crews.

“As I recall,
Dad’ was so pleased to be
called for the highwheeler
and varnish run, he washed
his overalls and wore a tie. o

No. 3, engine. 2860, was 40.

“minutes late leaving North

Bend. With no slow. orders.
against the train and clear
boards all the way, most of |
that time could be made up.
Steam engines of -that era

, were -not equipped’ with
‘speedometers. ° Speeds were

estimated by ‘counting. the
number of telephone: poles
passed against an elapsed
time. Dad. used to say, when

the poles blurred into one,

you’ were pushing ninety.
Christmas’ morning, No. 3
‘atrived at the Vancouver
depot on time.

Dad arrived home and, the
family gathered around the’
tree. With a twinkle in’ his
eye he handed Mother his

rolled-up overalls; apologiz-

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2800. The 40-minute run-late

was the pheasant’s undoing.
Once ‘out of the Fraser

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west of Ruby Creek, Dad was .

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back quadrant and watch the
poles start to blur. The

pheasant, ‘used to crossing .

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.my garage. After 6 hours and 3 inches of dust, there it was. .
One lawnmower, 6 oak chairs, my grandmother's steamer.” :
trunk, 2 baseballs; a potter's wheel, a set of. brass.
andirons, a typewriter that still. typed, 3wool |
~ mittens, a croquet set, 1 pair of golf shoes— .
size 8%, a 2-man pup tent, a trombone, t.rollaway ~~
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