South Jackson Gazette
Citizens Celebrate First Train in
new South Jackson!
Locals gathered in new South
Jackson to celebrate the prog-
ress beingmade by the BC&SJ
railroad’s track gang. Said
prominent citizen Horace
Fithers, “Well, we’re sure glad
to see some mainline in South
Jacksonconnectingthemcork-
screw tracks with Mill Bend.
It were getting’ right boring
A clipping from the
jest sitting around without
no trains to be watchin’. Even
though them engineering
types done a good job get-
ting the ground fabricated,
it’s still jest that monotonous
plywood color and a body
can only take so much of that
before they get kinda bilious.”
Double-headed cab forwards pull a long test train through the newly
installed mainline in the new, improved South Jackson yard.
Up the Creek Column - 11
Whenreachedat the railroad’s
office, Charlie Comstock,
Superintendent of Nearly
Everythingstated, “We’rewell
aware of the hardships borne
by the local citizenry since
trains stopped running. I can
assure you that we’re work-
ing hard to get back to regular
operationsandhopetoachieve
that goal expeditiously.”
Other
trackside
citizens
seemed confident that the
railroad will make good on
its promise and even the train
crews are hoping to get back
to work. Said Behl Ringher,
BC&SJ engineer, “Heck, even
with the railroad paying us
our regular wages while the
trains aren’t running, I’m sure
gonna be happy to get back
to work. Sitting around the
crew lounge watching Lost in
Space re-runs and waiting for
Gaston to make a move while
he’s playing checkers is just
plain frustratin’!”
Local scuttlebutt says the rail-
road will be running again in
early February. This reporter
hopes that will prove to be
the case.
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