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Program Announcement Hal Greenlee asked the writer to inform the chapter that he has changed the topic of his presentation for this month’s program. His topic will be the CBQ’s Pioneer Zephyr. Hal said that he would also include briefly some photos he took this past year during his trip to the East Broadtop as originally planned. PRESIDENT’S MEMO TO STOCKHOLDERS Speaking of leaks developing in locomotive engine blocks........ Id noticed leaks on various locomotives as I put in my last post, but when I went with Amtrak they sent me to Choo-Choo U to learn how to be an engineer (their way) I was lucky enough to be in a school taught by Mr. Mike Wikman - a DLW alumnus - who not only taught about locomotives, he made us UNDERSTAND it. The older I get, the more I realize how little I know/knew about my career field and I like to think Im pretty sharp. I NEVER hurt anyone and never got by a signal. I HAVE been thru a few switches and I put an engine on the ground in the yard once or twice, but in almost 35 years of service I dont think thats too bad. In the class taught by Mr. Wikman, he told us to NEVER start a cold engine without opening the drain cock on each cylinder. (I was told Mr. Wikman had written the book on the Amtrak F-40s built by EMD) After several of us who WERE real engineers and should have known better said Why not, Mike?, he walked us out into the yard and found an F-40 that had just come out of the shop ready for service. He took a wrench and handed me one we each went down one bank of cylinders opening the drain cocks. Another student barred the engine over slowly and water spurted from each cylinder cock........quite a bit in some cases. Mike pointed out that water cant be compressed and in some cases will bust the head when the cylinder comes to the top. I passed these words of wisdom to a younger Amtrak engineer who worked as a hostler at Union Station in DC. He was able to save his a-- and perhaps his life when an Amtrak super