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Thread #7829 Message #3450270
Posted By: GUEST
10-Dec-12 - 05:32 PM
Thread Name: Origin: Ben Dewberry's Final Run (Andrew Jenkins)
Subject: RE: Origin: Ben Dewberry's Final Run (Andrew Jenkins)
Was there a real Railroad Engineer Ben Dewberry ???? Sure was. Was on his usual run in the 1920's. Made a temporary stop at Buford, Georgia, then continued toward Atlanta. Some kid wedged a loose spike between the two rails which turned the locomotive over and scolding to death Dewberry and his black attendant. Ironically, the responsible kid was one of many recipients playing ball near the RR tracks and Engineer Dewberry would pick up a basket full of apples on each run and throw them to the kids as he went by. Actually the kids really liked Dewberry and the responsible one simply wanted to give him a playful bump.