"Terry Bowen worked the night shift."

Once up a time!
Once upon a time there were dragons were "real" creativity was  admired, even rewarded.   Once upon a time, should say once up this time making something made  from nothing was celebrated!!!

 

 

 

 

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Terry Bowen worked the night shift.

For two years, between trains, he built a dragon.

Terry is 61 and has worked at the rail yard in Harrisburg for 22 years. The decommissioned parts were going to scrap — boiler sections, wheel flanges, coupling hooks, signal gantry arms. Terry started pulling pieces aside and assembling them in a quiet corner of the yard.

"Nobody asked what I was doing," he said. "Night shift, you keep to yourself."

When management found out, the dragon was already 40 feet long and structurally welded to a concrete pad.

They sent Terry a letter. He prepared for the worst.

The letter said the dragon was being designated an official yard landmark and that Terry was receiving a commendation for creative use of materials.

"I read it three times," Terry said. "I thought it was a joke."

It wasn't. The dragon now has a name plate. New staff get a photo with it on their first day. Terry welded the name plate himself.

He's still on nights. He's started on a hatch..