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[QUOTE]Originally posted by dnsommer: [QB] How about Rogers E. M. Whitaker? He lived from 1/15/00 to 5/11/81. He logged 2,748,674.75 miles riding the rails. He attended Princeton University but did not graduate. He went to New York City and worked for The New York Times. Then in 1926 he joined the editorial staff of The New Yorker magazine. He wrote many articles about his experiences traveling by rail. He used the pseudonym, 'Frimbo.' Whitaker was a director of the Valley Railroad in Connecticut and an honorary engine driver of the Festiniog Railway of Wales. As the years went by he became known as the world's greatest railroad buff. When he died his ashes were scattered were scattered over Cumbres Pass. A plaque commerating his life is fastened to a Cumbres and Toltec railroad tie at an altitude of 10,015' above sea level. 2,748,674.75 miles on trains. An impressive figure indeed. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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