In “11:59” by Patricia C. Mckissack, Lester Simmons is a thirty-year retired Pullman car porter. After his time being a car porter, he would go down to the St. Louis Union Station and shine shoes just to stay in touch with things. Lester would hang out with the other car porters and they would talk about experiences and different times on the trains. Lester would brag about knowing the President of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. All of the rookie porters loved hearing about Lester's experiences. There was talk about Daddy Joe and how he was a Pullman car porter. They even talked about how Daddy Joe couldn’t even escape the 11:59 train. No one could escape the 11:59 train.
Lester and his car porters talk about the 11:59 train. Lester
Lester and his car porters talk about the 11:59 train. Lester