Railway workers, families toast wartime life in Amarillo
Wide roster of Santa Fe employees and relatives share furloughs and moves across Texas and New Mexico. Veteran staff, cadets, and returning workers visit Amarillo as James A. Toliver becomes road master at Clovis while J. R. Clayton moves to Chicago office. Meanwhile Victor Fort is reported missing in action and other family updates ripple through the rail community.
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Victor Fort
E. H. Fort
Amarillo
Canadian
Victor
U. S. Army Air Forces
England
Bill
Ellington Field
James A. Toliver
Clovis
N. M
Willard Baker
Pecos
G. ©. Jefferis
Santa Fe Railway
Western Lines
Toliver
Santa Fe
J. R. Clayton
Chicago
Clayton
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