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While there is some consolation in the job security pact so that em- ployees will not he dixcardcd into the ranks of the unemployed, there is deep humiliation [or many~ especially the proud engineers who piloted the diesels, the machinists who kept them in top repair: main- tenance of way men who took cure of the tracks and suspemion bridges: clerks who handled about every possthlo hminevs-dcttl from freight l'fllc‘i to Sillliul‘l mastcrn; storekuepers‘ and others in reupon- sihlc positionurâ€"ull who made it specialty of railway work. They Brotherhood Representative Ray Roussel and your reporter took a sentimental journey along the line. visiting the shops and stations. meeting the few Brotherhood mem- hers still on the iob and calling on the London officeq of the Public Utilities Commission. which hatt operated the line since its formaâ€" tion as an office of the municipal- ity. While there were regrets, all realized that the passing of the line could not he nvmded. It is not geared for today's break-neck pace and competition. The trip was made in late autumn, heron: winter had with Ag‘zo’fidr' flint/F7 $ The station at Port Stanley is still in business with Brother I. B. "Bernie" Taylor, secretary of Local 262, a one man staff. In the station, overlooking the busy Lake Erie docks with oil and coal frcightcrs busy unloading, Brother Taylor keeps his lone vigil for two trains a week. At one time he recalls as many as 20 trains a day stopping at the station â€" the waiting rooms always occupied and the freight sheds loaded. Now, almost nothing remains â€" that is, except work. The reduction of traffic meant a reduction of stalf and now Brother Taylor has to perform all the duties that on a normal railway are handled by an amortment of departments.