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This made it official-going up into the cab of the electric locomotive at the head end of the Olympian Hiawatha in Tacoma. Shown with Fireman R. C. Patrick are Cub Scouts Stephen Fitzgerald (left) and Jim DePree, son of Dr. James DePree, chief surgeon of the railroad on Lines West. Below: Passenger and Ticket Agent G. B. Baker at Missoula shows his ticket case to a group of local Cub Scouts and their den leader. They were part of a group of 26 Cubs, 16 Boy Scouts and five adults who made a trip from Missoula to Deer Lodge on No. 16 and back on No. 17, Jan. 30. it was RAILROAD MONTH for the Cubs "THERE were three boys in front of three boys, three boys behind three boys, and three boys between three boys. How many boys were there?" The Mason City Globe Gazette writer who described a tour of Milwaukee Road facilities in those words succeeded very well in describing the abundance of blue-clad youngsters and the state of utter fascination in evidence throughout the railroad in January. The Cub Scouts had officially designated it as Railroad Month and the Milwaukee Road was privileged to play host to un 8 counted thousands of them. Boys clambered through locomotive cabs, visited yards, were taken on tours of Hiawatha equipment, studied mail handling, talked with train and engine crews, and made train trips. During their visits most' of them received Milwaukee Road pencils, badges and railroad booklets. John J. Dombrowski, superintendent of Milwaukee Terminals, who addressed three separate Cub Scout meetings in Milwaukee during Railroad Month, expressed himself as being surprised to find the grasp which the young boys have of railroading matters. Following his talks, he said, he found himself besieged by boys asking questions having to do with such things as the weight of a box car wheel, whether couplers are automatic, and how much money the railroads spend for research. From one end of the system to the other Cub Scouts were given an on-theground lesson in the operation of a great railroad and the vital part the industry plays in the life and welfare of the nation. Left: Superintendent John Dombrowski of the Milwaukee Terminals found that parents of Cub Scouts at Jefferson Street School, Milwaukee, were just as interested as the boys themselves when he "talked railroading" with them. Right: All set for a tour of Chicago Union Station, this group of Cub Scouts from suburban Deerfield stopped to cheer Engineer Merle Williams, who had just brought their train into the station. The Milwaukee Road Magazine
Above: Art Cox, western news ed itor of Railway Age, and a resident of Deerfield, III., brought three groups of Cubs into Chicago for a tour of the Union Station. Here he lets the boys see how it feels to be "on the inside looking out" of the station jail. Above Right: At Milwaukee Union Station these Cubs learned about baggage handling from Gilbert Thompson, baggage room attendant. Right: Part of a group of 30 Cub Scouts who made a train trip from Richland Center to Lone Rock, Wis. With them is their cubmaster, Dr. Kilian H. Meyer, company surgeon at Richland Center. Below Right: ,Favorite spot for the 1,570 Tacoma Cubs who visited the Olympian Hiawatha equipment set out for their special benefit was the top deck of the Super Dome. March, 1955 9
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