Episode 205: Robert J. Zenk

Published: Nov. 21, 2022, 7:30 a.m.

We found him\u2026 We found the guy that actually wrote the book. After years of searching, asking questions, tracking down leads and interviewing thousands of possible witnesses, there he was\u2026 Hiding behind a big box of \u201cArrowHead Models.\u201d

We first met Bob Zink eight years ago through our mutual friend Keith Thompson. Later on, we discovered he\u2019d written the book about the Krause-Maffei locomotives, a diesel-hydraulic road switcher built in Germany during the sixties. Bob is a fountain of knowledge on this subject, but the interview suddenly took a different turn when we discovered he\u2019d visited John Allen as a teenager. Tighten your chin straps, you\u2019re in for a wild ride!!!