Needs no introduction.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-pullman-porter-ss,0,1087938.htmlstory
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-159444-me-0628-la-me-adv-lee-gibso20100705,0,1280621.photo
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-pullman-porter-20100705,0,7194062.story
jclass Needs no introduction. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-pullman-porter-ss,0,1087938.htmlstory http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-159444-me-0628-la-me-adv-lee-gibso20100705,0,1280621.photo http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-pullman-porter-20100705,0,7194062.story
Thanks for sharing these links, jclass!
Mr.Lee Wesley Gibson and the few reamining co workers like him were the faces of passenger railroading during the glory years between the 1940's and1960's.
They were as much represenative of riding passenger trains as were the powerful engines assigned to that same service. They put a face on what Pullman Service meant to those who rode their trains. They were approachable, and willing resources of train stories, and information on where to go and what to do in many of their on-line cities. They worked hard to make the hours pass, and an enjoyable trip experience that was that much more so for their having been there.
Pullman Porter jobs were available to the Negro Community who was used to having much poorer job picks. It was the Conductor jobs that went to the parallel White Community of those segregated times; make no mistake it(segregation) was present in some form all over the USA back then. Pullman Porter jobs were prized, and protected within the Negro Community and when openings ocurred they were generally filled by word of mouth recruiting.
Ta tip of the hat to Mr. Gibson, and the men who survive,just like himself.
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