George Cockle: another big name passed

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CShaveRR

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From: Lombard (west of Chicago), Illinois
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George Cockle: another big name passed

Posted by CShaveRR on Saturday, April 11, 2015 11:58 AM

http://www.omaha.com/news/metro/omahan-george-cockle-a-wwii-vet-turned-firm-into-a/article_f87fb371-9d33-5b77-adb4-da57ae06d2d8.html

George had two loves: freight cars, and the Union Pacific (not necessarily in that order). I first became acquainted with, and corresponded with him, in connection with a 1970s series Railroad Car Journal, which dealt with freight cars and their history in a way not seen before. He was the editor of the 1980 Car and Locomotive Cyclopedia; I met him at about that time, when Simmons-Boardman had a booth at one of the trade shows in Chicago (I met Robert G. Lewis at the same time).

Carl

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timz

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February 2005
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Posted by timz on Saturday, April 11, 2015 1:20 PM

At trainorders they're saying this is a different George Cockle. Mr Bromley said it was George R Cockle that did the UP books, and the obit was for George M Cockle.