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"Eat 50 pints of fish a year . . ."
15 December 2011
Business Car #4, Revelstoke Railway Museum, Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Speaker: Clarence (Clancy) L. Boettger
Coffee Club members: Bill Belton, Hugh Chase, W. L. Handley and Edward Jaatteenmaki
Filmed by Michelle Cole

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Parmer Dean, Harely Dean, and Jack Charmichael posing on the cow catcher (pilot) of a steam engine.
Circa 1928

Credits:
Revelstoke Railway Museum Collection

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"You had to have a little joke . . . "
25 February 2012
Revelstoke Railway Museum, Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Speaker: John (Jack) Carten
Railway Reflections panel: W. L Handley, Dennis Holdener and Warren M. Watson
Filmed by Ryan Stilwell and Ewan Urquhart

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Coping with the everyday happenings of railway life requires a healthy sense of humour. Whether "derailing in normal operation position" or raining tins cans, a little joke lightened the job.

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"It rained tin cans . . . "
1 December 2011
Business Car #4, Revelstoke Railway Museum, Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Speaker: Les Handley
Coffee Club members: Bil Belton, Edward Jaatteenmaki and Warren M. Watson
Filmed by Michelle Cole

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Les Handley, regular member of the Coffee Club and long standing volunteer at the museum.
15 December 2011
Business Car #4, Revelstoke Railway Museum, Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Coffee Club member: W. L. Handley
Photo by Jennifer Dunkerson

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Award winning storyteller, Les Handley, speaks of the only spot in the world where the mythical ice worms nest. Could you keep your face straight while telling this joke?

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"The only spot in the world . . . "
1 December 2011
Business Car #4, Revelstoke Railway Museum, Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Speaker: W. L. Handley
Coffee Club members: Bill Belton, Edward Jaatteenmaki and Warren M. Watson
Filmed by Michelle Cole

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With a ready laugh, retired railroaders remember the sights and sounds they witnessed. Listen to Les tell of one goat, a source of entertainment on the railroad for years.

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"This one goat just headed for the barn, every time it heard the whistle . . . "
16 February 2012
Business Car #4, Revelstoke Railway Museum, Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Speaker: W. L. Handley
Coffee Club members: Bill Belton, Clarence (Clancy) L. Boettger, Dennis Holdener, Edward Jaatteenmaki, Ernie Ottewell and James V. Walford
Interveiwed by Michelle Cole
Filmed by Michelle Cole

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Mr. H. Haggan last run on CP engine #5466
Circa 1955
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Credits:
Revelstoke Railway Museum Collection

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A career on the railroad attracted many different types of personalities. Everyone ended up with nicknames reflecting their individuality or experiences. Clancy and Bill share a sample of their co-workers nicknames. Can you imagine what nickname you might earn?

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"All kinds of nicknames . . . "
15 December 2011
Business Car #4, Revelstoke Railway Museum, Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Speaker: Clarence (Clancy) L. Boettger
Coffee Club members: Bill Belton, (Howard) Hugh Chase, W.L. Handley and Edward Jaatteenmaki
Filmed by Michelle Cole

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Clancy's rendition of an incident of profanity over the phone lines speaks to the reality of tough railroaders. How sensitive are your ears?