He claims that he delivered a short reminder to the afternoon yardmaster but no acknowledgement was received to this communication. |
When the trainman from train 418 asked if they could use the main track to go to their train, the afternoon yardmaster gave his permission. |
When they returned, they discovered that the locomotive was gone and notified the yardmaster. |
The day yardmaster had verbally instructed the conductor of train 418 to proceed with two locomotives to their train to couple via yard tracks. |
It served as home for the Coal River dispatcher, St. Albans yardmaster, and trainmaster for many years. |
She moved on to become a block operator at Amtrak, then a yardmaster, neither a position traditionally associated with young women. |