Re: (erielack) Re: Explanation to Trivia Photos of Watch. & flying Ike.

[Dlw1el2_@_aol.com]

In a message dated 7/27/2007 9:42:35 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
Northcreek28_@_aol.com writes:

Bob,

I had the pleasure of meeting Dick Ike which was "Shine's"  real name. I rode 
the Sussex Drill with him and engineer "Chub" Grogan  from Andover Jct. to 
Branchville and return.
He showed me that watch.  He also collected presidential campaign buttons 
where Ike Eisenhower and  running mate Richard Nixon were represented by 
their 
nicknames and thus  represented his own first and last names. He wore one of 
these 
buttons on  his overalls as I recall. He carried that very watch in the 
center 
top  pocket of his bib overalls. He invited me to visit at his house which I  
did in Port Morris. Like many people who have a close call with death,  Dick 
"got 
religion" but he never pressed it on me. I may have ridden with  him again 
but 
definitely did see him on other jobs around Port  Morris.
He said the kid was shooting pigeons and the bullet was a ricochet.  

He was also referred to as "Flying Shine." I think it had something to  do 
with a run away caboose but can't recall more than that. Rich Taylor  may be 
able 
to add to this. I think either he or George Berisso might have  present at 
these meetings with Dick Ike.  
Bob  Mohowski   



Bob    
 
I revisited with Shines Son ( also a Richard ) today.  I asked him  about the 
runaway, which he knew all about.   It was the Morristown  Roustabout and 
they were  taking 6 loads of coal up to Greystone Hospital  on the short ( about 
two miles long ) but STEEP branch.   When  they got up at the top they cut the 
caboose away.   His son says they  were making a drop. ??   Track arrangement 
doesn't coincide with that  but any way,  when he started to put the hand 
brake on  it didn't  work.  Apparently the chain had broken.  He yelled to the 
Conductor  that he had no brake, and the guy yelled to get off.  He knew that 
there  were kids playing near the tracks down at the bottom of the branch so he 
stayed  on.   Braced himself in the middle of the Caboose for most of the  
trip.   Near the bottom he went out and started yelling "run away  caboose" to 
warn everyone.   He said one lady that saw it started  screaming.   Approaching 
the curve near the main and the four box cars  left on the stub ended freight 
house track he bailed off, going head over  heals.  I guess he was scrapped up 
and banged up but after examination in  the hospital nothing was broken.  I 
asked about the caboose and he said it  came right off its trucks and rode up 
into the box car it hit.  Looking  through his old time log its marked as March 
23, 1955
 
Bob Bahrs



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