Railway Memories: 'Only the Railwayman Moments From the Language of the Railroader'

railroad memoirs only railroad moments from the language of the railroad
railroad memoirs only railroad moments from the language of the railroad

A verb 31 years 10 months, 3 years Railway Vocational High School During my 35 years of railroading, we experienced or witnessed many incidents, accident train breaks, train escapes, catenary accidents. Many sad hand accidents, etc. But there are enjoyable, joyful and even funny moments as well as the challenging aspects of the train.

Machinism is an attractive and desirable profession for non-railroaders, questions come one after another from the citizen, I am a railroader, my mechanic. No train, did you have a steering wheel, did you ever have an accident? Even if you think that steam locomotives are still working, they start telling us, "We went to Erzincan in 3 days while going to military service from Ankara by land train."

Especially after retirement, they ask similar questions immediately even in short conversations. We have become accustomed to these curious questions of civilian citizens, and many of my colleagues have been addressed by such questions.

One day, we were chatting and drinking tea with a group of 8-10 people, when a news report on TV announced, “A brutal man brutally cut up 3 people and ran away,” and I immediately thought of making a joke. I said, “Wow, three people is nothing, I lost count of the number of people I cut up.” The atmosphere went cold, everyone looked at me in surprise, of course, since I said it with a smile, they probably had different thoughts, of course, it is normal for a machinist to say this in a normal tone if there are many fatal accidents during his career. Of course, people do not know that when a railroad worker hits someone, they say, “WE CUT A MAN.” Anyway, I had to explain the incident in detail so that people would not be more worried, and of course, those who understood the incident were torn between laughing and crying.

Year 1981/82; After inexperience in military service, Ulş.Çvş in distribution. As I had been dispersed to Derince, a sergeant from the circuits before us was throwing an air like "I traveled a lot, I saw a lot of places, I lived with such a magnificent look." When he blows like this;

  • How many times a year do you travel like this? I asked.
  • He said I would travel 4-5 months a year
  • So how many places do you go daily in these 4-5 months? I said.
  • He said that sometimes I visited 2 places a day.
  • How much is the value of the car under it? I asked.
  • He said zero 35 million lira.
  • I thought something too, I said your car, your travels will be zero next to me and I started to laugh. He looked at my face like he said.
  • Under me, there are 12-13 trillion cars, each time I have another model, another plate, my morning breakfast in Eskişehir, my lunch in Balıkesir, my dinner in İzmir, 3 days later, I will fall on the roads, my dinner in Eskişehir, I said I will have my breakfast in Afyon and my lunch in Denizli. I always do this at least 2-3 times a week, sometimes I have my dinner in Ankara, sometimes in Istanbul, my breakfast and sometimes in Konya, sometimes in Bilecik, especially when I go to Istanbul, I love breakfast while watching the sea. It's not a lie either.
  • The locomotive of the machinist makes trillions, moreover he gets on different locomotives in every service, he eats in different places in every service, doesn't he?

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