Photo caption from the local paper:
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The historic Skunk Train, with firefighter Pepper Ball manning the engine, heads from Willits toward Fort Bragg on the run along the Noyo River canyon. The 118-year-old railroad may close Tuesday.
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It troubles me that some lunkheaded copy editor thought to change "fireman" (correct) to "firefighter" (incorrect and comically inaccurate, at least in the world of steam powered railways), but decided that discretion was the better part of valor and left "manning" alone.
