Has to be..... To accomodate this End of the line, Thanksgiving Day '04. NS wouldn't let us on to run for Cincy, so we tied down at CP188, Enon Dawn, Thanksgiving morning '04.... Flatrock Yard, MI. My first "official" time running with my Student Engineer card. Sam & I got screwed over by mgmt & put in the hotel the night before, & had to work all day Thanksgiving My 1st "official" time at the controls, Thanksgiving Day '04 401 southbound....Flatrock, MI to Cincinnati, OH The elusive Engineer Sam...... I've probably gotten more pix of him than his own family Picking up more power in Sharonville Yard, for a total of 5 motors, on my very first student run as a conductor on the IORY, March '04 Sam had me for my first Student Conductor trip as well as my first Student Engineer one.... Poor guy!!