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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1945
Page
8
A long list notes staffing changes, assignments, leaves, and visits among railroad workers and families in Amarillo and Channing. Several conductors, firemen, and engineers travel for holidays or report for duty, with promotions and discharges mentioned for multiple staff.
Galbraith visits Oklahoma City to see family. Dozens of railway workers receive assignments and vacations amid holiday postings. Highlights include Brakeman A J Hartsell returning after illness and engineers taking vacations or covering shifts. Joe Pamplin bids Morse run with F A Cleghorn, while repairs and layoff board notices touch multiple crews.
The report lists L. Smith and H. V. Pointer on duty as left handed umpire, with several crew members off the board due to illness or vacation. Conductor H. E. Jones and brakeman T. R. Wilson are among those sidelined. Doc Vaught covered trains 111-112 briefly. The Dyer family returns to Tulsa after visiting J. W. Roach in Taylor.
Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Grimm and daughter Glenda Rue of 80 Alabama are spending a few days with his grandmother Mrs. John Hodges in Bartlesville Oklahoma.
Alvin Hendricks has returned to Colorado Springs after visiting his parents at 308 Louisiana. He recently received his discharge from the armed forces.
The article notes a pent up postwar demand with 15 to 18 million people seeking new cars and 5,000 cars wearing out daily. It warns months of demand exceeding production and cites over 2,000,000 needed new trucks as well.
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