found a picture of my grandfather working on the railroad

[cwclark]

this picture came from fallen flags...the guy in the white shirt and black pants is my grandfather...can't miss those ears!...Sept. 1967 East Yard San Antonio, Texas

[davekelly]

That is way cool!!!

[ragnar]

Wouldn't it have been great had he been turned so you could see his face, All the same congrats and cheri***o picture.

[Anonymous]

I have a black and white of my great grandfather. He is pictured with the backshop forces for the L&N railroad.
He was shop foreman.

[selector]

Super photo, and wonderful nostalgia. (sigh) The good ol' days.

[TurboOne]

Great pic Chuck. Looks like some frieght and some passenger. Way cool.

Tim

[Anonymous]

There's a photo about somewhere (I think it might even be in a published book) of my great-grandfather - he was a guard (conductor) on the GWR up in North Wales back in the first half of the last century. If I'm thinking straight the photo is of the entire staff of Llangollen station, though I may have it confused. I've heard a few interesting stories from that side of the family about his experiences!

[tstage]

Chuck,

What a terrific discovery to find and cherish. My grandfather (whom I never had the opportunity to meet) worked for the RR as a fireman. (I'm not sure exactly which one originally.)

My grandmother was a telegraph operator in Marietta, OH and that is how she and my grandfather met. When they married, Grandma was the ripe old age of 16; my grandfather, 31. I knew and remember my grandma but, regretfully I have NO pictures of my grandfather at all. I would honestly give up a year's wages to have just one.

Tom

[WilmJunc]

Did your grandfather work for one of the railroads??

[cwclark]

QUOTE: Originally posted by WilmJunc

Did your grandfather work for one of the railroads??

yes..my grandfather worked as a conductor for the SP for 35 years and retired in 79' ...i also have two great uncles that retired from the SP ..one a conductor and the other an engineer... and have two uncles and a cousin ...two brakemen and one an engineer that still work for them (but now is the UP)..I grew up in a railroad family..everyone worked for the SP on my mom's side of the family except my dad..he was a fire fighter ....chuck

[leighant]

My great-grandfather John ("Johann") Buss was killed in an accident of some kind in the Rock Island railroad yard in El Reno, Oklahoma Aug.3, 1917. I found a photo of the shop crew on the internet taken in 1916. I assume he was one of the 100+ workers in the photo. Comparing his address from the 1910 autograph census records to a computer street map, I see the Buss family lived just a block and a half from the tracks. Interesting tracking down this stuff. Wish I could find more.

[trollw]

My grandfather, Jack Walton, worked for the Grand Trunk, then on the Detroit, Toledo Shore Line. When he retired he was the Superintendant of motive power on the DTSL. He started out selling newspapers on the GTW when he was about 12 years old. His brother, Harvey Walton, worked on the CN. There is a short line of the CN near London, Ontario named the Walton line in honor of him. I spent many hours with my Grandfather in the yard and roundhouse of the DTSL at Toledo. Got to operate the controls to turn engines on the turntable and also got to sit with the engineer and operate the throttle while we switched cars in the yard. When I was about 6 years old, I rode with my grandfather in the cab of a steamer from Toledo to Detroit to bring back their first Diesel switcher since my grandfather was the only one on the DTSL that was certified to operate it. Lots of memories contributed to my love of model railroading.