Danny's Job at CSX Railyard

Danny drives an overhead crane and lods containers on and off the trains. It was a cool tour that he took me on showing me around his work. The pick-up truck that we rode in is all that is allowed out there, and it is rigged for a laptop so that they can keep track of the various loads. Th huge forklifts can pick up 3-4 trailers at a time and stack them. The yard has 10 working tracks and is over a mile and a half long. It was an interesting "field trip".

Old Stomping Grounds

While in the Chicago area, I had to go look at some of the old places we hung out. Here is Danny's trailer in Sterling Estates, right accross from the old club house. The club house, which is abandoned. The house that we lived in in Argo, and the house that Nickie and I lived in when Josh was born on Newland avenue in Bridgeview. Of course, I had to go to Duke's Drive In and get a beef sandwhich.

A Weekend in Chicago

Last weekend, I drove to Chicago to see my friend Danny. here are some shots of him and his family.Dan and his mom Polly, his sister Becky with her son Tommy and daughter Tina, Joey and Danny together, and Holly, Joey's dog. It was really great to see all of them. They were all my second family when I was growing up, and we had a good time "catching UP".