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CSC_7493 - 62190 - W592 RFS - Volvo B10BLE/Alexander ALX300 - First Scotland East - Berwick-upon-Tweed, Golden Square 07/08/13
Reproduced 35mm Slide
Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Copperhill, TN December 1979
Cities Service Company bought Tennessee Copper in the 1960s and all of Tennessee Copper's ALCo switchers were relettered for CSC. CSC is, incidentally, the same company that, in 1965, began selling gasoline under the CITGO brand. This was, of course, before CITGO became a subsidiary of Petróleos de Venezuela S.A., the Venezuelan state-owned petroleum company.
In December 1979 Dad found five year old MP15DC idling in the yard in Copperhill, TN.
© Ray Skwire
Elliott went in quite the champ, actually but came out in a lot of pain. You would too if someone cut open the back of your head from midway up your neck and partway up the back of your skull and removed some skull to relieve a compressed tonsil on the bottom rear of your cerebellum!
Here he is today, the "next day", after receiving a visit from his Uncle Brendan and his girlfriend Christina. He was still in pain but the staff had figured out a better pain management schedule that worked better for him, provided some relief from the pain, and left him during the day in better spirits.
He's still got a ways to go in terms of dealing with a painful recovery at home but it's better to see a smiling child than one screaming how much he hates the doctor and wants to be out of here!
Update - Elliott is doing absolutely fantastic! He is running around all over the place almost as if nothing ever happened. It's actually quite amazing as far as I'm concerned. He's still uncomfortable in terms of changing his gaze from one direction or the other by using his neck, choosing to instead turn his whole body in the direction he wants to look but I assume that's more out of fear that it's going to hurt a lot more than it actually will for the most part.
So he's doing great and again, thanks for the well wishes, the emails, the tweets, etc! It certainly helped!