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My dad had a friend who was a conductor for the CNW that worked out of Butler. I believe it was a Saturday afternoon, he invited my dad, mom, and I to get a ride in the cab. It turns out that I was able to sit on the engineers lap and actually "control" the locomotive. I say control meaning that the engineer held my hand as he was controlling the locomotive. This is probably one of my earliest memories. Specific details like locomotive number and locomotive type are unknown to me. The picture is pretty bad too. But this picture probably marks the day the Rail Nut seed was planted!