SIDE A 00:00:00 -- 00:02:45
Mike talks about his father's general store and how much the railway system meant for his business; stores, railway, trains.
SIDE A 00:02:45 -- 00:07:12
Patrolling the tracks for debris, loyalty and dedication to the job, and not being able to miss any time; rails, railroad.
SIDE A 00:07:12 -- 00:09:04
A story of a trolley accident on the rails in Scotchfort; trains, train wrecks, trolleys, railway, Scotchfort, accidents.
SIDE A 00:09:04 -- 00:11:51
Railway watches, how they work, and how much they cost; watches, railway, clocks, railway watches.
SIDE A 00:11:51 -- 00:14:02
How pride and hard work on the railway started to die out in the end and the benefits to working on the rails; pride, railway, hard work, railroad.
SIDE A 00:14:02 -- 00:15:24
Why he joined the railway and how he was the last one hired; railway, trains, railroad.
SIDE A 00:15:24 -- 00:17:54
CNR profit margins and the poor decisions they made to make it seem like they weren't making a profit, with mention of the trucking industry; trucking, money, CNR, railroad, railway.
SIDE A 00:17:54 -- 00:20:01
What they shipped on the the railway and how the trucks and rails competed for business; shipping, railway, trains, trucks, trucking.
SIDE A 00:20:01 -- 00:21:45
Killing the railway through poor service and making shipping difficult; railway, trains, shipping.
SIDE A 00:21:45 -- 00:25:13
His first job with the railway, how much it paid, when it closed; trains, railway, CNR, wage, severance.
SIDE A 00:25:13 -- 00:31:41
Leaving a train out in a snowstorm and costing the railway three million dollars; snowstorms, winter, trains, railway, railroad.
SIDE A ends at 00:31:41.
SIDE B 00:31:50 -- 00:33:00
Plowing snow with the trains, why he stayed with the railway for so long, and his opinion of his fellow workers; plows, trains, snow, snowstorms, railway.
SIDE B 00:33:00 -- 00:35:20
Strong men on the railway; heavy, strong, railway, trains.
SIDE B 00:35:20 -- 00:41:40
An average day on the railway and derailments and crashes; trains, railway, train wrecks, accidents.
SIDE B 00:41:40 -- 00:43:03
A story about a man who moved old buildings; moving, house moving.
SIDE B 00:43:03 -- 00:44:07
Stories about accidents that happened in the winter; winter, accidents, railway.
SIDE B 00:44:07 -- 00:47:30
How the station agent position started to fade away near the end of the railway, how bigger engines would come during the winters, and how he would interact with the drivers; railway, railroad, train engines, station agents.
SIDE B 00:47:30 -- 00:52:03
Mike talks about some of his favorite people to work with, how much they knew, and a memorial that was built up West on the side of the tracks; memorials, trains, railway, railroad.
SIDE B 00:52:03 -- 00:56:37
Shipping potatoes on the railway in the spring, how the railway should have been the way of the future, and a very expensive bridge that burnt; fires, shipping, potatoes, railway, railroads.
SIDE B 00:56:37 -- 01:00:13
Mike talks about how the trackswere taken up and how much he misses working on the railway and his co-workers; railway, railroad, raildroad tracks, rails.
SIDE B 01:00:13 -- 01:03:34
Old train stations that are now gone and nicknames that they had for a few things; nicknames, train stations, railway, railroad.
Tape ends at 01:03:34.
