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Operation Lifesaver and CSX
'put on the dog' with education train
from Rocky Mount to Fayetteville
March 15, 2001
PHOTO CAPTIONS: (below, top to bottom):
Fifth graders from Roanoke Rapids await the train's departure in the newly restored Rocky Mount station.
Members of the Selma Woman's Club made the trip as a public-awareness program.
Ronnie McKenzie of the Nash County Railroad presents OL coordinator Vivian Speight-Bridges a jar of pickled pig lips!
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Wingate Lassiter photos
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PHOTO CAPTIONS: (below, top to bottom):
Volunteer presenter Ernie Ringgold tells school children on the trip about his experiences as a railroad engineer with Norfolk Southern.
Law-enforcement officers get a briefing about railroad hazards in a rear-of-train CSX observation car equipped with a large picture window and theatre seating.
Tiger Clubs from Wilson get a lesson in safety around railroad tracks and trains.
The CSX "executive train" provided for the day's outing featured a seemingly endless luncheon buffet.
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