LOCOMOTIVE INSPIRES CARETAKER.(METRO)

From: The Capital Times | Date: September 3, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: STACY VOGEL The Janesville Gazette

EDGERTON (AP) -- For Charlie Hendrickson, caring for the Rock River Cannon Ball is more than a hobby.

It's a calling.

"I don't do this as a hobby; I do this to preserve it for future generations to see," he said.

Like Hendrickson, the steam locomotive at the Rock River Thresheree bears witness to more than 40 years of thresheree history. The engine stands as one of about 300 operating steam locomotives in the country, he said.

Hendrickson, 44, lives on the thresheree grounds at U.S. 51 and County M as caretaker and ...

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