Railroads Q and A highlights and staff notes
Questions and answers on railroads from the Association of American Railroads. Notable items list passenger trains named for Nellie Bly Ann Rutledge and Pocahontas with brief bios. Also statistics on freight cars in 1939 capacity growth and refrigerator car counts. Local railroad personnel moves visits and events fill the Amarillo section with notes on staff, conventions, and social gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Association of American Railroads
Nellie Bly
New York
Atlantic City
Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore
Ann Rutledge
Chicago
St. Louis
Alton Railroad
Pocahontas
Norfolk
Cincinnati
Columbus
Norfolk & Western Railway
Abraham Lincoln
John Smith
John Rolfe
United States
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. A. Livingston
Railroad Retirement Board
Rock Island
Burlington
Ward Calvert
Homer Atchison
Jim Calvert
St. Louis, Mo
Dave C. West
Josh M. Kelley
Josh
Conchas Dam
L. Y. Duke
White & Kirk
Sam
Woodrow W. Grice
el Paso
Fort Bliss
Woodrow
Emma Lawler
Edith Lawler
Quincy
Ill
Reverend F. J. Lawler
Greenup
Amarillo
Andy J. Lawler
Mississippi Street
Andy
Grand Canyon
Carman W. B. Richardson
Tulsa
Oklo
Claude Kennett
Richardson
James Whitt
Flair Palmer
W. W. Barker
Bristol
Tenn
Smokey Mountains
W. H. Winchester
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
Clarendon Lodge
Social Order of the Ladies Auxiliary
Veterans of the
Burlington Lines
S. T. Jones
North Pierce
G. 8
Babb
E. M. Jones
F. W. Saunders
J. H. Harmon
Elmer Stapp
Lockney
Texas
Cecil P. Watson
Long Beach
Cal
Grace
W. L. Burns
John J. Burns
O. R. Evans
Gallup, New Mexico
R. B
Bob) Johnson
Childress
Bob
Palo Duro Apartments
Santa FE
Leon Harms
New Mexico
B. W. Gray
Northwest Texas Hospital
Company
Clovis
O. K
D. E. Willis
Fred Baird
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Albuquerque
W. T. Dixon
Roy Andrews
E. R. Heath
R. N. McKitterick
Railway Fuel and Traveling Engineer's Association
O. C. Honig
Temple
F. E. Benton
Fort Worth
Scott Jones
San Antonio
Harry C. Tipple
Houston
R. G. Victor
Pampa
Clinton-Pampa
H. B. Hackney
Miles
C. G. Sebrell
Mechanical Department
Topeka
J. W. Hereron
Illinois Central Railway
Clinton, Ilinois
F. L. Hackley
Roundhouse
R. H. Mallett
California
Jesse Briscoe
Missouri
S. T. Harmon
Topeka Hospital
Pike Stroud
W. H. McEachern
P&sf
Buffalo
N. Y
Mac
C. A. Rhode
Wayne DeGrassi
Santa Fe Bowling League
Henry C. Munn
Pecos Valley Lodge No.73
IOOF
Ottis Cannon
M. T. Norman
E. F. Duniven
L. W. Urban
F. W. Tye
D. E. Stephens
B. A. Daniel
Chester Fitz
Chester
Cowboy
Fred Gollie
Canadian
H. C. Bowling
Slaton
C. W
America
Old South
Comer Rice Ssaaumone
Vestas
National Biscuit
Nabisco National Biscuit Company
Iscy
Redding
Frazier
Hill Bros
LUX
Rinso
Cudahy
BACON
Morrel’s Palace
Coffee Folger
del Monte
OLEO
Fancy
East Texas
Peppers Bell
N. Buchanan
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