Train lady gives ‘em her best waves
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She's Greeley's version of Radar O'Reilly, the clerk on the "M*A*S*H" TV show with the sixth sense for incoming helicopters.
Dorothy Martin Zabka has an uncanny sense for approaching trains. Like Radar, she's the person who comes out waving.
"I hear 'em coming from the north or from the south," Zabka says. "My office is back there, so I have to run around here (into the hallway) and grab my lantern, flick the switch on and go outside and wave like this."
It helps that her office is on the southwest side of the Martin Produce building, close to the railroad tracks.
She's plenty busy enough, working from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., often longer, each day at the 70-year-old family business at 617 6th St. in Greeley. Zabka, besides being a lover of trains, just likes to give a friendly wave to the train engineers as they pass. No matter how busy she is, she'll sprint out to the front porch with Union Pacific la
Dorothy Martin Zabka has an uncanny sense for approaching trains. Like Radar, she's the person who comes out waving.
"I hear 'em coming from the north or from the south," Zabka says. "My office is back there, so I have to run around here (into the hallway) and grab my lantern, flick the switch on and go outside and wave like this."
It helps that her office is on the southwest side of the Martin Produce building, close to the railroad tracks.
She's plenty busy enough, working from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., often longer, each day at the 70-year-old family business at 617 6th St. in Greeley. Zabka, besides being a lover of trains, just likes to give a friendly wave to the train engineers as they pass. No matter how busy she is, she'll sprint out to the front porch with Union Pacific la
Chris Casey @ March 9, 2010