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It was extremely important for each of the there were electronic signals, railmen had to rely on a book members of the railway team to know his job. of rules and memory to know where each signal was and Lives were depending on it. A few even went how long it took to get the train to each of its stops. Every to school to study their craft. Yale University bit of information that we learn, be it from a book or life Graduate School ran a Railroad Operations experience, is important. Whether or not you believe the and Economics program for a small class, old cliche that any difficult task "builds character," you at consisting of usually two to four students least gain a bit of knowledge that you can use the next time per year. Professor Kent Healy ran the a problem arises. Academics for a railway worker wasn't program from 1928 until about 1970. book-learning; it was about learning a way of life which And there was a great deal to learn. Before centered around a machine that transformed a continent. 29