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High Desert Hangar Stories with Bob Alvis
Special to Aerotech News roc, but later changed to reflect the end up with a better welcome policy
naming of the base in honor of Capt. Being the only ones to depart the stumbled into North Base, cold and for incoming personnel and a phone
I knew that someday I would find a Glen Edwards. This is where my story train at that stop, they made their way frozen, realizing that they were sure line to the motor pool, so that travel-
way to get my passion for railroading begins. into the little station and asked the not in Kansas anymore! ing airmen would not be stranded at
into Aerotech News and today is that station master how they were to get the Edwards Station.
day! Hallelujah! In the early 1950s, two airmen were to the base. After repeated calls, our Not seeing much activity or any
making their way west on the Califor- two travelers figured out that North personnel, they headed for a cluster In this shared story, the ending did
In 1952-53, the Santa Fe Railroad nia Limited, one of the four named Edwards was not big on taxi service of lights to the south and about 2 a.m. have a funny little postscript, when
was told that the Air Force wanted the passenger trains that the Santa Fe ran and that getting someone from the they found “shelter” in the cab of a later on one of the airmen visited the
railroad track that ran across the big over the lines that passed Edwards. base to come and fetch them on a cold Security Police truck that was called station agent and asked him why he
beautiful Muroc Dry Lake bed gone. windy night was not getting much of to investigate two individ- didn’t say anything or warn them be-
So, not wanting to be the ones to go to Our two travelers, who had re- a response from Air Force personnel uals walking along the lake fore they walked out. He said, “Son,
war with the Air Force, the Santa Fe ceived orders to report for duty at who were nested in for the night. bed! They were safely de- I was World War II Navy, and if you
moved their operations to the current- Edwards, had no idea how their first livered to warm beds and flyboys didn’t have enough sense to
day site, six miles north of where the visit to their new duty station would “How far is the base from here?” promptly passed out. When stay out of the cold and dark in the
track formerly ran across the dry lake, turn into an adventure they would not asked one of the airmen and the sta- morning came, they were middle of the night in the desert, well
to the new Muroc station. soon forget! tion agent replied, “It’s just over that the subject of much talk then that’s your problem not mine!”
hill.” So our two travelers buttoned around the base. It’s one You got to love the humor between
As you drive in the North Gate to Arriving around 9 p.m. on a cold up and started out walking toward the thing to walk that desert the branches of the military!
the base and look to the west, you will December night at a very remote sta- base on a cold moonless night. in the winter with those
see the location of the relocated sta- tion, they both departed the train with cold winds blowing, but to Till next time, Bob out!
tion that first went by the name Mu- the winter winds blowing. Back in those days, there were no carry your duffel bag with
gates and the road did not offer much all your stuff in the dark?
in motor traffic to hitch a ride. It’s a miracle you’re alive!
Our travelers took a bead on the This happy ending did
closest lights and hours later they
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