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Amarillo Globe

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 17, 1942

Page

8

Railroads and Mails and Locomotive History Summary

Questions and answers trace U S mail transport by rail starting November 1831 on South Carolina Railroad and January 1832 on Baltimore & Ohio. It notes cab introduction in 1835 36 with Samuel D Ingham, the cowcatcher invention by Tsage Dripps in early 1830s, and early headlights from sand covered cars to electric bulbs with Leonidas G Woolley patent in May 1871.

Association of American Railroads United States South Carolina Charleston S. C Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Baltimore Frederick Washington Congress Samuel D. Ingham Fastwick & Harrison Philadelphia Beaver Meadow Lehigh Valley Pennsylvania Tsage Dripps Camden & Amboy Railroad New Jersey Pennsylvania Railroad Horatio Allen South Carolina Railroad Leonidas G. Woolley

Rail boosts Amarillo traffic as Burlington creates passenger post

Increased rail travel and military activity in the Amarillo area prompt Burlington Lines to appoint a full time passenger representative Roy H Kimble now city passenger agent with headquarters in Fort Worth. Kimble’s WAVe of duty includes liaison for Amarillo Aviation Technical School and related traffic management.

Amarillo Burlington Lines Roy H Kimble Wichita Falls Polk Street Kimble Port Worth & Denver Fort Worth Roy H. Kimble The Methodist Church

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