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How My Six Months Working on the Railway Changed My Life

The time I spent working on the Canadian National Railroad changed the course of my life.

As it happened, one of my father’s sisters, Aunt Irene, was a vice president of the Canadian National Railways, a sprawling transportation network of trains, steamships, and grand hotels. In the hall where they interviewed and inspected the candidates for line work, I blanched as I looked over a large poster that showed the outline of a male body and the prices the railroad paid if you lost a part of it. I blanched as I looked over a large poster that showed the outline of a male body and the prices the railroad paid if you lost a part of it.To me, a sandwich was something made of white Wonder Bread, with baloney or peanut butter and jam inside.

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