| Richard
worked for the Grand Trunk Western as a Fireman called out of
Durand.
He would sometimes switch the engines around in the Durand yards.
One of the engines that he used to work on is at the Illinois State
Railway
Museum. He quit working for the railroad to get better pay as a
“real”
fireman for the City of Flint; where he worked until the time of his
retirement.
Richard
had a large HO scale layout in the basement of his house and he enjoyed
helping anyone with their model trains. He frequently ran his
“famous”
Ford coal train and, to illustrate his sense of humor, he would always
put a gondola somewhere in the coal drag. It contained two
plastic
dinosaurs that he called “fossil fuel.”
Richard
was a member of the Mid-Michigan Railway Historical Society and was
serving
on the Board of Directors. He was a life member of the Lapeer
Model
Railroad Club and the National Model Railroad Association.
He
served the NMRA as the Treasurer for the North Central Region –
Division
10. He was also the one time owner of R&R Hobbies in
Davison.
He
was a friend to everyone he met.
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