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For 50 years my father worked for the railroad.

My father was a railroad man his entire life; 43 years for Southern Railroad.

I come from a line of railroad men. My great-grandfather was a surveyor for the Burlington Railroad.

My father worked all the time.

I had a great job with the railroad, a good salary.

I worked for Union Pacific. I started out as a conductor at an intermodal switching facility outside of Salt Lake City. We'd pull in trains from all over the country, break them apart, consolidate the freight, and build other trains. It was great until I screwed up and took a management position. Then it became no fun very quickly.

My dad was a cross-country truck driver.

I could go back to the railroad. I liked that job.

I bought a railroad during this period of time.

My father's whole life was work. He had a retail store in Ossining, New York, and I mean, he was down there at 6:15 every morning. The store didn't open until 9, but he hadda be down there. That's all he knew.