Railroad Stories: The Way It Was Railroader Stories Reading switcher shoves frozen Doodlebug

Reading switcher shoves frozen Doodlebug

By Bert Pennypacker | January 11, 2023

The mail must go through, so a Reading yard goat lent a hand to a frozen-up doodlebug in 1942

Black and white image of Doodlebug with fringed edge.

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