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daniel3197
Member # 27
 - posted
I just found some very sad news about this beloved railroader from Southern California.
Chard worked for the Santa Fe Railway as the Cajon Summit operator from 1947 to 1967.
He is going to need all of our prayers to get through this.
We need more true gentlemen like him around our world.
What a truly CLASS ACT he is !
--- Daniel

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http://www.socalrailfan.com/forums/showpost.php?p=22017&postcount=11Chard Walker
From the Cajon Group today:

I am sorry to report that the results of a recent test administered to
Chard has indicated that he has leukemia. His daughters will be flying
down from Montana tomorrow.

More information will be provided soon.

Charlie Schultz
__________________
Andy Jackson
Downey CA

http://www.altamontpress.com/discussion/read.php?1,6180,6206#msg-6206
(This CONTACT information for the Hospital was posted this morning at Altamont Press. )

Chard's contact info in hospital:

Desert Valley Hospital
16850 Bear Valley Road
Victorville, CA 92395
Room 244-3
(760) 241-8000
 
Railroad Bob
Member # 3508
 - posted
Thanks for posting this info. about Mr. Walker. I knew him personally in the 80s/90s, but then lost contact with him. I have a signed copy of his masterpiece "CAJON- Rail Passage To The Pacific." Still the definitive book on the "Pass." Chard and his wife Margaret used to travel with me on Amtrak's old Desert Wind, pointing out interesting tidbits as we rolled over his beloved "Hill."
 



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