The Willie Green reference come from his constant posting passenger rail threads. See the link below and reply 65 by the owner at the lower link.
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/by:williegreen/index?brevity=full;tab=comments
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2607597/posts?page=65#65
That guy wasn’t the Basketball player, was he?
Yes, ol’ Willie had a an obsession with passenger rail (especially commuter rail) that bordered on being a special kind of OCD.