October 1951

Home , Wilson McCarthy

WESTERN PACIFIC j\[!J~p.,~Sfs The first meeting of Western Pacific's 30 aboard a special train for an inspec board of directors to be held away tion trip over the company's property, from the company's general office at including the Keddie-Biebel' line. A San Francisco, since the firm was or stop was made at Winnemucca on the ganized 42 years ago, took place in afternoon of October 1 to permit the Salt Lake City on October 2. party to inspect the railroad's military The meeting followed a luncheon blood procurement cal', the Charles o. OCTOBER, 1951 Milepost No. 27 Vol. III, No.3 given in the Hotel Utah, which was Sweetwood, followed by a layover that attended by directors and officers of Department of Public Relations night at Elko, headquarters of the the company, Judge Wilson McCarthy, WESTERN PACIFIC RAILROAD company's Eastern Division. SACRAMENTO NORTHERN RAILWAY TIDEWATER SOUTHERN RAILWAY president of the D&RGW, Mayor Earl 526 Mission Street, San Francisco 5 Glade of Salt Lake City, local business The special departed from Salt Lake Lee "Flash" Sherwood, Editor Arthur Lloyd , Jr., Associate Editor men and other prominent dignitaries City following the directors' meeting, Member American Railway Magazine Editors' Association of that city. stopping at South Sacramento on the Member Northe rn California Industrial Editors' Association The group of directors and officers of return trip for a visit through the Sac the company left Oakland September ramento shops. CONTENT Page

Dil' ·t J' M t in Utah 3, 4, 5 Eastbound, the special stopped at Winnemucca to let the directors and officers visit the railroad's 7, 9 military blood procurement car, the "Charles O. Swectwood." Standing on the ground at the rear of the Milepost 163 car are, from left to right: C. L. Droit. secretary; Sidney Henricksen, secretary to the president; G. H . Mil posts in Gold 8, 9 Kneiss, assistant to president-public relations ; R. E. Larson, treasurer; Directors J. W. Mailliard. Jr., J. A. Folger, and Harley Hise; W . T. Richards, engineer of maintenance of way and structures; Director D ;)1' Editor: 10, 11 Stuart Jenkins ; H. E. Poulterer, vice president-traffic; and F . R. Woolford, chief engineer. Left to right WP Will Rem mber 11 and upward on the steps and platform: President Whitman j Director Chas. B. Henderson; Red Cross Nurses Maxine Papier, Mary Cheever and Mrs. Freda Mills: Pete Ureuta, donor; and Walter Polking- In Memoriam 11 horn, Humboldt County Chapter Chairman of the American Red Cross. Winnemucca. Mil eposts in A[dca 12,13 Pa Hic Ra ilway Club 14 D n't B HALF Sar ! 15,18 WP Autumn Informal Danc 16, 17 R ughly Speaking 18 aboosing . 19-28 On Tour in Britain 29 p I'ts . 30,31 Ra ilroad Lines 32

ORRESPONDENTS: Jim Baker, Chicago; Nevada Michelson, Elko ; Elsie Hagen, Keddie; Robert Mun ce. Jr., Los Angeles; Alan Hudson, New York; Hazel Petersen, Oakland; Al Coady, Oakland Ter min al : Helen. Small , Oroville; Phyllis Rockwell, Portola; Clarisse Doherty, Sacramento ; Madge SJaught lI er Sacramento Mechanical Dept. ; Milton Ziehn, Sacramento Northern ; Marcella KahI, Sacramento S h ~ p s; Irene Burton, Sacramento Store; Bob Gonsalves, J. C. Parker, Salt Lake City ; Rita Connolly, Moll y Fagan, Lawrence Gerring, Jim Mills, Maurice Notter, Carl Rath, Dudley Thickens, Frank Tufo. Snn Francisco; Charles H. Myers, San Jose; Virginia Rustan, Stockton; Dora Monroe, Tidewater South- ern j Shirley Lee, Wendover. ~7 2 M I I. ICPOSTS Above: Chief Mechanical Officer E. .E. Gleason points out an interesting feature at the Sacramento Shops dur ing the group's visit on the return trip from Salt Lake City. Left: It was a little damp when the party inspected 7,343.7-foot Tunnel No. 35 near Spring Garden (Mile Post 297.18) , the longest tunnel on the The boss talks railroading with Judge McCarthy. president of the Denver & Rio Gran!ie Western, and Western Pacific System. Director Hise. before departure from Salt Lake City. . . .. Below: The group continues their While Treasurer Larson, Secretary Droit, Directors Folger, Jenkins and Mailliard "talk shop." H. R. inspection at South Sacramento with a Coulam, Western Pacific's general agent at Salt Lake City, may be seen standing between Directors ] enkins and Mailliard talking with two unidentified persons. In the background are Chief Engineer Wool~ trip through the shops. ford and Engineer of MW &8 Richards. "The Gang on Nights" "California Zephyr" By FLATWHEEL JONES By O. EARL LYLES The G. Y . M. showed up about half past eight; If all of the world is seemingly blue H e was crabby, as usual, because he was late. And you're tired of the bustling city, A s he was handed the dope you could hear him roar, On page 4 of Western Pacific's west Something had happened the night before. Just scuttle your wares, worries and cares, A car of eggs tipped over on six, Here's how you will be sitting pretty. ern division timetable, there appears The bottom fell out of a car of bricks, Come out where the stars in a western ::; ky Sixty-six left about three hours late, Sh:ne down on the bounding main, a station named Trowbridge, 161.5 A drawbar down about the middle of eight. Where the sweet lullaby of a pine tree sigh railroad miles from San Francisco. A car of gas was leaking on the east end of two : Greets the swish of our Zephyr train. "Order an extra for ten, call the crew, Trowbridge is hardly more than a sta The mi1l and elevator want a switch right away, When you pack your grip for an easy trip They claim you prom:sed them yesterday." To the cool, curving Western shore, tion, consisting of just that, a small " A circus train will arrive at four, You'll snuggle down in a Vista Dome rural community store, church, and a They want one engine . . . maybe more. With luxurious service' galore. Someone ran through the junction switch. Thrill to the touch of a Zephyr breeze warehouse or two used by local farm 1 think it was the engine for number six. ... That romps from the Western sea ers for storage and shipment of grain. "The house is not switched and nothing is set, On tne poEshed rail of the high iron trail A nd the agent is mad as a hen that is wet, Of the far-flung W . P. Passengers get little more than a Someone shoved through track number nine, Tipped over a flat and a car of lime." We want you to meet our know-how chef glance at the tiny community as the The G. Y . M. was in a terrible' rage In a dining car that's a honey, And said naughty things for a man of his age. With a galley so clean, his menu a dream, California Zephyrs whiz by through Just then the phone rang and the roundhouse said, And you don't need to be in the money. some of California's richest farm land, "The night crew forgot to put coal in the shed." You'll glide along as smooth as silk As he left that night he was heard to say, With your cocktails, or crumpets and tea but to Western Pacific's freight and "If I only, only had my way, And w asn't afraid they would crab my tights And a friendly domain on the Zephyr train passenger train crews, Trowbridge has I certainly would can that gang on nights." When you ride on the W . P. a special significance. "The Gang on Nights" was sent in to MILEPOSTS by T. G. Moran, head bill It all began about twenty- one years clerk, Sacramento freight office, and "California Zephyr" wa written and sent ago, when Ernie Whitlock first came there from Sutter County, where he in by O. Earl Lyles, engineer, of Stockton. Ernie Whitlock looks over the "latest edition" "Flatwheel Jones" must have had a bad day. Ra ilroadin on the WP is was born on October 25, 1881, and set dropped off for him by one of the crew of an ea~t rarely that tough-in fact, with all the fin e record. our ra ilroaders have been up a little farm machinery repair shop bound California Zephyr. chalking up recently to put Western Pacific first in va ri us op rating statistics, just a half mile beyond the station. we w ere a little flabbergasted, and hope that "Flatwh I's" 'onditions are now Ernie had always wanted to be a rail house where he made his home nearby. Now he could keep up his much improved! roader but circumstances had in some "Califor nia Zephyr" could well have been pa rt of n r nt article by Ward way prevented. However, his love for friendly contact on a 24-hour basis, Allan Howe in the travel section of the N w Y O?' I' Times, in which he very trains did not prevent him from drop signaling and watching the rolling favorably describes a trip from the Atlantic to thl' P:l ,iIi ' made ntirely in dome ping his wrench and leaving his work freights as they passed his window in coaches, riding the Baltimore & Ohio" "N w oltll nbinn" from Washington to to give a friendly "highball" to passing the dark. Chicago, and from Chicago the" a liforniu Zeph y r," I\. 'lipping of the article WP trains and their crews. As time Today, Ernie can call many WP em was sent to the editor by R. W . Landon, l1 W P c'o !ldu 'tor with service from went on the railroaders began to look ployees by name, as a number of train July 16, 1936. for Ernie so they could return his crew members have stopped by to friendly wave, and as word got around, visit him on their days off. Even bosses the crews on night trains flashed their and members of engineering and road A Htree-year-old from lhe nnln "niln II) " (' Wl t O Il l('" lit e bnt' t nder, sh aking his lights for Ernie when approaching crews have stopped by to say hello track got bored wilh hi s st" lI , wn lkcci inlo 11('11 <1 , 1I( lid : " W(, II , I n ver saw anything like while traveling through on their way II1I d h..ro, ,', did 'you?" Answer ed the cus- Milepost 163. To Ernie, this was a chal Ihe clubhouse b ar nnd ,ske I th b, ,.. l(, nci t' r between jobs, and hardly a day passes f r a Martini. The s urprised btll'lender, nol 1,) 1111 "': " WIt "I'HsO funny about it? Ain't you lenge, and he rigged up his own flash H e Li tom d to talking h o I'S S, n evedh{\l(ISH II I WilY ' Nl)ppOI It'd 10 put an olive in a Mar that some member of a train crew tilt, ' .. ing light system consisting of three 1 ixed th drink and se rved it to lilt' hn"H(', doesn't throw off a late newspaper or lights, one red, one green and one blue, 'vho 10 ked a t it a se 'on I nnd suid , t " Iil'y: • "V , with lI uwer !t, say it w:th sweets, magazine for Ernie. "Clmon, chum, put in th oli v !" Hily , w I" k l"Mt'tt. say it with eats; connected to a switch which he placed Ht_v II with lowell y. say it w ith drink, After one two- day trip away from When lh bDl'lcn 'IeI' c!t 'OP lw d in f ill oli v(\ HilI II f'Yfl, 0 11 , never, :5ay it with ink! beside his bed in the little three- room ( Continued on Page 9) lhe h rsc clnmlc it. nnc! Willi cd oul. 'I'u,'nl,ll ( I ~ n ling Railroad Magazine. M I LEPO ST S MI LEP OS TS 7 John R. McNeilL...... • Locomotive Engineer...... Western ~h.:i~ion ~~~~~rFD~~~di~t·~·n ...... Locomotive Engineer.. - ...... Eastern DIVISIon MILEPOSTS IN GOLD Earl P . Miller...... · ·':· 81e~~uctor .... ~~ ..~ ..~~:~~ ...... :. __ .-._.~~~.~. __ .-._.~:::~ .....____ .:: ... __.::. ~:~~:~~ g~~::~~~ ~~l;~~rM~~~!!i.~...... ~arJne Barge~~~ ...... ~ .... .-._.-~._.-: .._ .. .-:._.- .-.-._.-.... .-.-.- : .-.-.-.-.-.-. ~~~~~~n ~~i~i'o'~n Peter M. M urphy ...... -:····· ··· ·- ·::::::.-.-.-.-~~~:~~~:~:~~~~ M~~h%~~t · George C. Neighbours...... Fireman ...... __ . .... ~ ...____ ...... __...... ~. ~~~~:r~C~li;?s~~~ Roy Nelson ." '...... Carman...... Mechanical Dept Edgar C. Newman ...... Locomotive Engineer ...... - ______...... _.- ... ._...... Western Divisio~ Western Pacific congratulates the following employees to whom Service Pin Harold W. Nordberg ...... Eastern Foreign Freight Agent...... Chicago Awards were made during the month of September, 1951: g~~~gE.A6~~~ ·::~~:~:~...... ·····tocomotive Engineer ...... -- ...... Western Division Alma D . Painter...... :: ~~~:::::: ::: ::~ : C~~~.~.~~~ . ~ ~ ~ .i.~.~.~~ .. :...... Western Division 30-YEAR PINS g~~il$ . ~a~:e~t:~~~. n ...... Conductor .'...... - ...... ~ee~~~~~ t~~~~l~~ Ernest S . Davis...... ___ ...... ___ .Clerk .. _ ...... __ ...... Western Division Francisco Perez.. ______.- ____. ~~·._._.·._.·__ .· . ~ ·______.~·._._.·.~: ~:t\~~m~::t,.~~~~...... Western Division Charles E . McDonald._ ...... __ .Asst. Supt. .. __ _ ...... Western Division Bruno Perri, Jr...... Conductor ...... ____ .~ ~.__ ._.~ .._._ ..~.: .. ~:: .. ~: .._._ .~.__ .:. __ .~~:. ____.~~ .. ~ .. : ~~~~~~n ~~i~i~~n 25-YEAR PINS J A_ Pickering______Clerk______General Auditing Gordon K . Porter .. -... ····· .... ··· ...... _. . Conductor.. ... _...... ~~~ ...... ::. Western Division W esley W. Clark...... __ ... __ .. .. Car Foreman...... _...... Mechanical Dept. Clifford F . Fields...... ___ .Road Foreman.... __ ..... Eastern Division ~~~~~eL~·p~~!~rfield ...... •. ~oc~mottive ~~.~. ~~. ~~.~ .::: ::: :::::::::::.::::::: :::: :::::::::: ~:sstteerr~ DD',:vv',:Ss',:oonn D onaciano Hernandez...... _. Laborer...... __ ...... Mechanical Dept. Loren W. Quigley ······· · ········ ········.~~~ C~~d~~t~~ : : Bedona D . Richardson __ ...... Carman ... __ .... ___ ...... __ ... Mechanical Dept. Raymond W. Randall .. Fireman...... Western Division Allen M. Smith ...... _...... Machinist...... Mechanical Dept. Helen M. Reed...... _Clerk...... :::::::. ... :::::: ;:ued:~~Jf~~iS~~~. 15-YEAR PINS Carlos P. Regalado...... _Section Laborer ...... W~s~~;~ Division W . J. Bradley ...... _...... Car Foreman...... Mechanical Dept. Thomas A. Riggs...... Telegrapher.._...... Eastern Division Henry P. Donnelly...... Dist. Spec. Agt.-Claim Agent ...... Chief Spec. Agent M=~~fJ' ~.' ~:;f~~~h :. ·· ...... Locomotive Engineer ...... Eastern Division Graham W. Snyder .. ············-··········:::::::::: ::::::: ~ir~~~~. ~ ~ . ~.~~~~ .~~~.-.-...... Western Division ~!I~;;: ~~ ·G~ ;h ~ m .. ·· ··· ·················.·.~~ i~:~~~ . ~~borer ...... ~~:::::::::::::: ~~~:~n &!;i~i~onn V E S 1 ...... Western Division Myrl M. Snow...... _...... Locomotive Engineer...... Western Division ernon . prow ...... Carman ...... Mechan·cal Dept. fe~~le t .~~ oo~ss~: :::: .....• Asst. Signal Supervisor...... ·.·.·.·.·... ·.~·.·.·.·.·.·.~~~ ~~s~:~~D1!ision .fd~~ab~ ¥;o~~~~. berry .::::: . :: .. :::::::~~:::::::~: .. ::::: .. :: ~~~~~t.~~~. Engineer ...... Western Division John A. Vrismo ...... Conductor...... __.- ...... - __ ~:~~:~~ g~~:~~~~ 10-YEAR PINS ~~~~re~~ ;:'aiV;l~~~ : ...... Locomotive Engineer...... Western Division Fred C. Anderson ...... Fireman...... Western Division J ohn L. W allis ...... [iremant·;·····E·····;·············· ...... Eastern Division Mariano Ariano...... Section Laborer...... Western Division Vivian O . W oodruff...... :::::::::::::.:::::: Cle~~~~.. ~~~ .... ~ ~.l.~. ~.~~ .. :.... . ______.:. ____ .~ .__ .-.:: ~ :!~:~~ g~;::~~~ Willia m T . Baker...... Pumper...... _._ ...... Eastern Division fahc~m~~ ~~l!a;~t ·.~~ .'__ .~~: ~f::~:~.~.~~~: ::· ...... :::::::::::::::: ~ ::i~: ~~~~~~: William S. Bogue...... • Fireman...... Eastern Division j;~~~. ~~;~~~~n~ :: ...... ····::::::: : ~f:=an~ ::::::: ...... :::::::::::::::.::~:::~~::::~: ~~~:r~cDli~si~~ and thank them for all their kind W allace Burningham...... Conductor.... ._ ...... Eastern Diyi~i~m nesses_ Western Pacific is a mighty Arvel E . Colen, Sr...... Switchman ...... ' .... ~ Western Dlvlslon ( Continued from Page 7) fine railroad and that California ~~:~ ~: g~~k. ~.l.I.:. :. . ..::::::::::::: ~oa~S~~~~~ :... .." .. '... ': ::::::::::::::: . ~~~~:rn~cDli'!?~~~ Zephyr is the finest train in America_ Manuel M . Coquim...... Carman...... Mechanical. I?«:pt. his home, Ernie found several mes William O. Cox...... Fireman...... _...... Western Dlvlslon Excuse me a minute, here comes Frederick O. Curtis...... Brakeman...... Western Division sages inquiring about his absence and No_17_" J a mes B. Dillon, Jr...... Clerk...... _'." ... Western D!v!s!on whether or not he had been ill, and ~~~U:a ;~t ~~i~h:a:~s ...... '-'- " ~~~~~~~.' :: :...... ::::_-_._:_:_._._._._._._::_._:_. _._:_._._:_._:_:_._~ ~w~es:t ~e~r~n ~D:': :v ~:s:,: ~o~n last fall when he had to come to San William C. FiIbech...... Locomotive Engineer .. E. M_ F lahive______Clerk______Aud_ Equip_ Serv_ Francisco for an operation, one of his Each night the patient was having Accts. Leland M . F ord...... Ticket Clerk...... _...... Eastern Division happiest days while there was the day trouble_ He dreamed about the same Anders R. Gustafson...... Marine Captain...... Western Division he was visited by Engineer W_ F_ thing-he was in a gil-ls' dormitory and Arthur Hayes...... Marine Fireman ...... _Western Division George M . Henyan...... Switchman...... Western Division Metzger, senior engineer on the WP_ the girls were l-unning from room to Norman L. Hill...... Machinist Helper ...... Mechanica.1 p~Pt . Charlie C. Hughes.. _...... Conductor...... _Ea stern Dlvlslon Ernie likes to show his long list of room lightly clad_ Finally he consulted John ]ayo...... Machinist Helper...... Mechanical Dept. WP employees to whom he sends a doctor_ Bernard R. Kelly...... Telegrapher ...... Western Division George F. Kirk...... • Sheet Metal Worker...... Mechanical Dept. Christmas cards and is quite proud of "Ah, yes," the doctor said, "and you Charles B. Kirkpatrick ...... • Roundhouse Foreman...... Mechanical Dept. Edward V . Kowske...... Telegrapher ...... Western Division his collection of cards received from want me to make you stop dreaming Gilbert A. Lathrop...... Switchman...... Western Division them in return_ about the girls?" Herman W. Lightle ...... Hostler Helper...... Mechanical. l?«:Pt. Johnnie Lusar...... Fireman...... Western DIVISion Asked for a statement for MILEPOSTS, "No, no," replied the patient, "aU I John M adone...... Carman...... Mechanica.I ~!!Pt . William T. Marrs...... Fireman.... _...... Eastern Dlvlslon Ernie said, "Just send my kindest re want you to do is to make them stop William F . McGrath...... RateAnalyst...... T raffic Dept. gards and best wishes to all the boys slamming the doors_" 8 MI L EP OS TS M ILEPOSTS 9 .,, ----.------~--

have. Somehow we did not keep the WP WILL REMEMBER ... October 1950 copy. "When a man devotes his life to an industry he has truly paid that industry the greatest compli D. C. Wilkens ment possible." General A gent When Iwas look Los Angeles Now retired, after serving Western John Peter Haupt, formerly em ing through the * -* * Pacific well, are; ployed as a janitor on the Western Di MILEPOS TS maga- The fine 1'esponse to our request in Thomas B. Barry,freight claim agent, vision, and who last worked for the zine and saw your the August MILEPOSTS for copies of the San Francisco. company on D ecember 31, 1937, passed notice for May and May and October 1950 issues is very away on a recent unknown date. Mr. Charles B. German, carman, Oak October issues I much appreciated. To those who took Haupt entered service on July 1, 1921. looked through my land. the time to write and to the many Paul Kotsovos, former laborer on the 'on's magazines and found this issue. Harold B . Glatt, chief clerk, Oak others who acknowledged our request Western Division, and who last worked Tom Sheehan is in the Army in Ko land. - thanks very much. for the company on December 31, 1946, I'ea with a railroad battalion, as a io:- * * Ernest W. Nelson, engineer, Western passed away on August 6, 1951. Mr. d iesel operator. I send him the MILE In your magazine MILEPOSTS for Au Division. Kotsovos entered service May 25, 1931. POSTS every month and h e sure enjoys gust there was the carton at the left Vito Poncioni, store helper, Sacra Conductor James G. Rutherford I' ading it. side top of page. I wonder what kind of mento. passed away at his home in Salt Lake Mrs. Sheehan a man this is that can bend his leg up W. T. Van Cleave, yardmaster, Sac City on Sepember 24. H e h ad not per * * * at the knee. My bones or joints are not R plying to your request for May ramento Northern, Sacramento. formed any service since September of made like this. The knee only bends and October MILEPOSTS for Am last year. Mr. Rutherford began service 1950. back as per carton at right. Leg bends sO l'ly that I can find only one month with the company on June 2, 1927. up at hip. MILEPOSTS each month and thank you oC October. We enjoy the MILEPOSTS Am I right? Everyone that I have fOl· writing. Wood W. Smith, sheet m etal worker, very m uch and they are getting better died September 29, 1951, leaving a son, shown this to, thinks I am. Many of the employees knew Joe a nd are u p to date in every r esp2ct. Charlotte Dell well, and those who did not already Frank Ray Smith, of Sacramento. Mr. We must have a good editor. Gardner Board and Carton Co. Smith first entered service September M:ddletown, Ohio know will be sad to learn of his death. Homer S . Smith 10,1937. Stockton. California Normally, you would be 100 per cent correct, but this poor fellow used to be * * * William D. K. Weidman , former en * * * As I have moved from King City to a "1'ubber man" w ith a circus sideshow, gineer on the Eastern Division who last Enclosed MILEPOSTS for October '50. Sacramento, I would like to have MILE which accounts for his unusual posi worked for the company on April 6, Have misplaced the one for May. Many POSTS sent to my new address. I have tion. Incidentally, Chm'lotte, the draw 1943, passed away on September 20, Ih anks for the MILEPOSTS which are just returned from a visit to Indiana 1' (" ived regularly. Happy to receive ing is a cartoon - not a carton - but 1951. Mr. Weidman first entered serv and myoId home in St. Louis and have we're glad to see you have your com ice on February 16, 1907. While a II is fine magazine which keeps m e now settled in Sacram ento. I really w('ll informed of all the news of the pany always in mind. catcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates for enjoy reading the magazine, so thanks five years, during one of which he W('st rn Pacific. * * * very much. Frederick Tyroff Would like to have the MILEPOSTS played in a world series, the team did Retired Carman William H. Ptom.ey Wendover. Utah mailed to m e. My late husband, Joe 3140 Palm Drive their winter training in Mexico. Mr. N orth Sacramento, Calif. * * * Nash, was roundhouse foreman at Oak Weidman is survived by his widow, As l' equ ested in August issue of land. He passed away July 19, 1946, We'll see that you don't miss an issue, five daughters, an adopted son, eight M II .I·: POSTS. after being in WP service for thirty BilL AccOl'ding to our records, you grandchildren and two great- grand George L . Brown entered service on November 5, 1915, 379 Maple Row years. children. West Saint John with the old Oakland, Antioch & East New Brunswick ( Canada) Hoping to hear from you real soon. Mrs. Virginia Nash ern and retired as an engineer for the -x- +:. * Mike: "They say people who are opposites make Box 48 Sacramento Northern on April 1, 1949. the best marriages." R ' f l'I' ing to inquiry in the August Sopris, Colorado We wish you many happy y ears in your Ike : HYes, that's why I'm looking for a girl with issue of MILEPOSTS. H erewith one copy We will be very happy to place your new home. money." of lh May 1950 issue, which is all we name on o~~r mailing list to receive -So F. Federal Reserve Bank 12-L News. MILEPOSTS 11 10 MILEPOSTS Step off the curb-look right-pass the Getting back to this hotel again. They MILEPOSTS IN AFRICA middle then look left! As one might wake you at 7:00 a. m. when a colored expect, this is a great automotive area boy brings in tea! Then later I had my (This is the third of a condensed series of articles boarding house such as at home would for the distances are enormous and no "bawth" by going down the hall where written by E . W. Englebright, retired assis~ant :0 occupy an old home of the 1900 period. other way to get around in a hurry the bath and certain appurtenant fa the president, while en route to and followmg his arrival at Mozambique, Africa, where he is asso Looks like a city of about 75,000, many British and American cars, all cilities are separately located. I have a ciated with a group of engineers and consulta~ts counting blacks. Blacks are every are left-hand drive. Any right-hand running water basin in my room, how studying the possibilities of railway transportation in that area for the Portuguese Government. En where-in all sorts of costumes-black drive cars carry a white symbol on ever, you only get hot water in the gaged by the Knappen. Tibbetts Abbett ~ngineer girls in cotton prints. European girls right rear identifying it as R.H. drive morning, my friend. The less we say ing Company of New Yark and San FranClsco, Mr. so driver behind will not look for sig about the food, the better. I do not Englebr ight left San Francisco July 13.) mostly quite well-dressed and there are some nice apparel stores, beauty shops, nals. Everybody does signal here (Cairo dwell on it for I am fearful I must get * * * jewelry stores, etc. Many Hindus as too, where they use many mechanical used to it for some 60 or 90 days and Avenue Hotel, Mairobi, Kenya, East clerks in post office, stores, etc., as well arms same as in Rome) . no use accentuating the sameness of it. Africa, Thursday, as India peoples. Passed florist shop Had to get a visa here after arrival. I bought a package of English cookies which I surreptitiously nibble in my July 26,1951. Win displaying sweet peas, roses, chrysan Will have to do same in Johannesberg, themums, carnations, oolphyglossis room when I think I need relief. But I ter here. After 7 I expect. You are always filling out (?) , peonies, etc. Present also are the something in duplicate about who you must pay for my meals whether I eat days in Cairo I ubiquitous eucalyptus trees, pepper are, where you're going, why you're 'em or not. finally got away trees and beautiful hibiscus bushes in going there anyway, how much money Bed has large canopy tent of mos Tuesday night via parks. Strawberries on sale in the you have, what did you spend, where quito bar but I was told not needed Air France for florist shops for some reason. did you exchange your currency and now-too cold. Some ladies in dining Nairobi and glad to get going again five Walking around looking in a chem how much, did you buy anything, have room last night had on fur capes. They days after the rest of my party. Booked ist's window I saw on a circular for you anything to declare, how much did are all a queer looking lot. But I ran out on South African Airways on Fri some drug firm, a fine air picture of it cost, etc., ad libitum-ad nausem! across an American Express tour in day or Saturday (the plane comes from the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge One relief here. You can walk down Cairo-about 30 Americans-and be London and is off schedule for some 10 looking from San Francisco east to the street without being constantly lieve me, they were an odd looking days - I don't know how he ever Oakland. GOSH!-if that didn't make pestered by all sorts of people, as in outfit. And I suppose somebody else catches up again!). Air France trip me feel abandoned and alone in Nai Cairo, where everybody is trying to looked at me and remarked on what a was a Constellation but BOAC now robi! Spoke to the man in the store sell you something or "come see my queer old coot I am. It "tykes" all kinds, also fly some fine big Hermes. It swells about it and the advertisement which shop," or "want to see dancing girl, I guess. your chest a little to see so many of mentioned the English drug firm's eh?"-"I show you around the park, Don't know how long I can keep up these foreign airlines flying American "high level" of quality - the bridge only 1 dollah" - gosh, anything and this bulletin system after I arrive in planes. Booked out of Cairo on Ethio picture accented "high level," etc. everything. I think Egypt must be the Lauranco Marques. I will be a week pian Air Lines Thursday for here with All the natives here, except the overnight at Addis Ababa- they fly world's worst on that score. behind and will have to catch up. Post various policemen, are barefooted. There is a big game preserve here cards en route not too many available Convairs with jet assisted take-off for Waiters in the dining room wear white less than an hour's ride. Same as Kru - always a chore to find out about high altitudes. Fortunately, the Air gowns full length with red belts, but postage, etc., air mail is expensive. F rance came first! are barefoot. Messengers (blacks) and ger Park ner JO'berg but it's too ex Midwinter here. Having heavy rains garage attendants, etc., all wear the pensive to go alone and I will wait. There is a railroad through here from and everything green. I am sitting in short khaki knee - length and blouse Several places here you can organize Mombasa on East Coast to Lake Vic my room with a slipover sweater on outfit. The police are all very tall a safari big or little and hire licensed toria at Entebbe. Will try to see it this and it feels comfortable although apparently none under six feet. Traffic hunters. p. m. Have covered about 9,800 miles sunny outside. Time here is 11 hours ahead of PST. and have 2,100 to go. Address Hotel What a relic this hotel is-about 40 is left handed and if you don't think As I write, it is noon here Thursday- Polama-Lauranco Marques, Mozam years old - once very swank, now that is confusing when riding in a car 1: 00 a. m. Thursday PST in California. bique. Feeling fine! (To be continued) about comparable to a third-rate or as a pedestrian-you should try it. MILEPOSTS 13 12 MILEPOSTS --,.. _ ------=-

PACIFIC RAILWAY CLUB Don'l Be HALF Sole! The following meetings of the Pacific perior Court; Lloyd B. Hughes, presi By WaIter C. Brunberg dent, San Francisco Chapter National Railway Club have been announced by whatsoever. In. the maJonty of intersection acci- Defense Transportation Association; With approximately three and one President Walter C. Mittelberg, gen ~ecna\i'ond~;~~~ ~l;c~d~!~tn a radlUs of 25 m.les of Claude Minard, Director, California half million more motor vehicles now eral freight agent for Western Pacific: upon the highways than there were Fails to ob.serve aI,ld obey grade crossing signals, Railroad Association; C. O. Amonette J;Ias defect.lve eyes~ght . defective hearing, or both, A joint meeting of the Railway Busi in 1949, the number of inexperienced or IS otherwise phYSically or mentally deficient and and Evan J. Foulds, assistant general should not be licensed to drive a car. ness Women's Association of San Fran counsels, Southern Pacific; Frederick drivers in need of safety education has Ha.s too much alcohol in his system. cisco, Women's Traffic Clubs of San likewise increased. In a recent bulletin fa~ili~:slo~~t~~~. fast a speed at night or at an un- Francisco and Oakland, and the Pacific G. Pfrommer, commerce attorney, Santa Fe; Mrs. Harriet P . Tyler, gen issued by the Safety Section of the As calDJ~£ee:ts~ car with faulty brakes or other mechani- Railway Club will be held at the Sir sociation of American Railroads the Francis Drake Hotel in San Francisco eral attorney, and E. L. Van Dellen, The railroads are doing many things commerce attorney, Western Pacific; most common causes of accidents at on November 15. Speaker for the eve highway-rail intersections (both 1950 to make their own traffic operations as ning will be Judge Theresa Meikle of and a yet unidentified commentator for safe as possible, particularly at rail the J oseph Magnin Company fashion and 1949 show an increase over 1948) San Francisco, to be followed by a are summarized as follows: road- highway intersections. Some of fashion show by Joseph Magnin Com show. the activities to which they give much * * * THE MOTORIST . .. attention and spend large sums of pany. Sees ~he train approaching but misjudges its Honored guests for the evening will On December 6, Sydney G. Worth speed" trtes to get across, but fails, money are: ington, public information supervisor, Walts for one train to clear the crossing then be Gertrude Shout, Western Pacific, sta~ts across t.he tracks, but is struck by a~other Installation, inspection and mainte president of the RBWA; Helen Route, Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Com ~~jl:-c:~r~~:~~.lng from the opposite direction on the nance of crossing warning devices and Califolnia Packing Corporation, presi pany, San Francisco, will present a Is so familiar with the crossing he uses no caution (Continued on Page 18 ) dent of the WTC of San Francisco; and program covering that company's mi crowave radio relay system. The meet This demolished truck and trailer with a reported . h f Thelma Peterson, Milwaukee Railroad, Tidewater Southern Extra 132 W'est as it passed gro~~ wel:A:' t hO 72,00,0 po~nds, struck the third car of ing will be held in the American president of the WTC of Oakland; 18, killing the driver and injuring the' relief driv ove~h ate ~g ~ay 99" crossmg near Turner on October Legion Hall at Roseville. warning signs, RRX pavement painted advance e~. e crosslllg IS protect~d by. State Highway advance Judge Thomas M. Foley, of the Su- wigwag signals, and because of impaired visibilit;lgoic~s\~~~dr~y~~g' 1 tcros~tntf Sd1gt' two Standard No.3 one on each side of the crossing b the train cr ' be! . ,wo Ig te usees had been placed. refrigerator cars will approxima'te ~4 500 track ew . are !he tram J?assed over. Damage to the derailed repair the wig~ag ~ i gnal ci;~~hl~Sa;~ot ~~~rbe~I:~:~er$~~~~d~nd cost to replace and

Ray Coleman finished his cake, grabbed a camera and caught Gardner Rogers cutting a cake anonymously sent him for his 25th birthday September 14 by some of his pals (?) in the engineering department. "Not bad," said George Purchase, Bob Hullman, Jeannie Bradney (telegraph department-bmmm! ), Harry Carver, Chris Gensios, Art Blydenburgh and Molly Fagan. Gardner ate too, finally I MILEPO S TS 14 Much of the success of the dance was due members of the committee who handled advance ticket From all indications, the around the tree-lined terrace sales. Madge Slaughtner gave a "pep talk" to a group of mechanical and store department clerks at 750 employees, their families and between dances and played Sacramento Shops, and Lee Willis, store department clerk, invited Frank James, general chairman for Clerks; George Clark. general chairman, SUN A; and Frank Peizman, local chairman for carmen. Lee friends who attended the big WP ping- pong by the side of an outdoor a~s,? ~nvited E: E. Gleason, chief mechanical officer ; Charlie Harmon, general agent; and G. W . Curtis, informal dance held at beautiful Mt. swimming pool. They sat at tables be dIVISion supenntendent. Diablo Country Club on Friday eve fore two immense outdoor fireplaces Joyce McMillin, auditor of revenues department, gave the dance a plug in a TV interview with Hal ning, October 5, had a wonderful time. kept roaring with huge logs, singing, Courtney a few days before the dance. They danced to the scintillating mu eating and enjoying refreshments from sic of Hal Courtney and his band, and an awning-covered outdoor bar. were entertained by a red-hot rhumba The employees, general chairmen team and an outstanding acrobatic and bosses who attended were unani dance team. They watched a light mous in their praise extended Frank fingered trick artist and ventriloquist, Rauwolf, chairman, and the many other listened to a lovely songstress, and ate hard-working committee members for and enjoyed other refreshments in an the success of the affair, and to the ~ atmosphere of congeniality such as many other employees and their wives , might be found only among a fine who pitched in to lend a helping hand group of railroaders. whenever the occasion arose. Groups gathered in the huge lounge After it was all over, the consensus where they greeted old acquaintances was that there should be a repeat per and met new ones. They wandered formance in the near future.

16 MILEPOS TS Don't Be HALF Sofe! HOBGRL Y SPEAKING (Continued from Page 15) Due to severe rough h andling of a crossing gates, removal of obstructions car at som e point between loading sta to the view. . tion and destination, the Evan's auto eaboosing Checking condition of locomotive mobile loading r acks were torn loose h eadlights, whistles and bells. from their moorings permitting the C omplying w ith laws, rul es and weighty framework to fall upon these regulations governing the ringing of transformers, consigned to General Elko Jack Murphy, JOHNNY'S handsome son, ·is on special radar assignment to locomotive bells and sounding whistle Electric Company at Fruitvale, creat HANS TEICHMAN has returned to Tacoma, Washington, from his air base signals when approaching and passing ing a substantial amount of damage. work and hopes to get a much needed over crossings. Aside from the fact that the rail at Hill Field, near Ogden. rest from a strenuous vacation . . . Brakeman WALLACE BURNINGHAM'S Supervisin g back-up movements and roads will face a claim for a very sub much the same as som e of the women flagging over crossings on multiple stantial sum of money, the more serious wife is under the care of specialists in we could name ... cleaning house! Salt Lake City, where sh e expects to tracks and in yard movements. aspect of the transaction is the inter- ADELITA VISCARRET is happy to be undergo a lung operation shortly. Enforcin g rul es and instru ctions working with two hands again after Superintendent JIMMY LYNCH'S twin governing operation of railway cars spending the greater part of the sum sons are overseas with the Armed over grade crossings. mer with one arm in a sling, havmg Forces - Corporal Bill in Korea and Educating and encouraging railroad broken the left arm playing softball. employees to set an example to the Ensign Bob in Hawaii. D olly J ane Clark, daughter of K. K. Fireman HARRY HURST also has two public by properly obeying highway CLARK , is studying music and art dur traffic regulations, including signs and sons in the services, one a Marine sta ing her senior year at Hollywood High. tioned in the Pacific Northwest, the signals at highway grade crossings. Upon graduation she plans to enter other in Korea. P erhaps 90 per cent of the accidents Pasadena Playhouse. Lieutenant Don Fields, son of Road Our deepest sympathy to the family that occur at rail and road intersections Foreman of Engines CLIFF FIELDS, is ar e the result of disobedience of the of TONY SABALA who died in Portola doing overseas duty in Germany. Don's law. hospital recently. On sick leave fo r the wife the former Shirley Keller, a grade Five safety rules within finger- tip past two years, Tony had b een hos- scho~l teacher at Elko, expects to join pitalized for several months. . control of the motorist will do much to him soon. THEDA and ERNIE MUELLER spent then· prevent and avoid grade crossing acci Brakeman FAY PERRY, brother of vacation redecorating the interior of dents: Engineer WAYNE PERRY, was killed in 1. Approach all ra il -highway intersections w ith ference with the construction job on the home t h ey purchased several vehicle under complete control-PREPARED to an automobile accident recently. On stop if necessary. a factory being built for manufacture months ago. leave of absence from th e Elko board, 2. Look and listen. Know the way is c1ear before of critical war material. Marilyn Charlton and young son, attempting to pass over the crossing. It's no easy task to keep the rail Philip have returned to their Los An OCTOBER COVER 3. O bey traffic rules and caution others to do so. roads' heavy equipment always under geles 'home after visiting Marilyn's 4. Support public law enforcement agencies in T he directors' s pecial their ca~paign for safe driving on the highway and perfect control, but a little more care parents, SETH and LOIS MANCA, durmg made a stop near Rey at crossmgs. could have prevented this damage. nard (Mile Post 416.1) 5. Always observe warning signs and signals at the past several weeks. on the eastern division. grade cross·ngs. Judy Clark, eight- year- old daugh to enable directors and officers to get a first HIGHWAY GRADE CROSSING ACC IDENTS ter of TOM CLARK, has recover ed from hand look at a ballast ( Association of American Railroads statistics) a recent emergency operation for ap gang in actior;. Sh?wn in the cover pIcture 15 a Number A ccidents Killed Injured pendicitis. Judy is one of several Elko Jackson multiple tamp~r. 1950 1949 1950 1949 1950 1949 packing crushed gramte U. S. children who have b een victims of ballast from Oroville un 4.000 3. 523 1.576 1.507 4. 368 3.77 4 California ...... 263 24 1 103 123 m esentericadenitis, which in many der and around the ties Nevada 246 220 on Western Pacific's Utah ...... I 6 1 2 o 5 15 15 4 7 II 14 cases inflames the appendix. main line. 18 MILEPOSTS wrecked his hot- rod. The hot- rod will gratulations and best wishes to all be in the hospital for several weeks! these ambitious youngsters. Storekeeper AL VIZINA'S son, Bob, Ye scribe is deeply indebted to and Norman Sigmon, son of Section CHARLES "CHUCK" PERRY for many of Foreman GORDON SIGMON, were two of the above items. We would like to four Elko boys lost on Lake Tahoe re write more news about happenings on cently. The battery in their rented boat the road so if the train and enginemen went dead and the boys were out for will pass their news items along to a period of 20 hours before being Chuck, he'll do the rest. We can't write picked up by the Coast Guard. Every 'em if we don't hear about 'em! one in Elko was happy to receive news Sacramento Northern that the four boys were safe and suf fered only from extreme cold and While MEL PARKER, Assistant Valu hunger. The treachery of Lake Tahoe ation Engineer , is convalescing and claimed the lives of two other Elko putting on much needed poundage, boys several years ago, when Bill Y oe, SHIRLEY BICE has returned from a leave son of Trainmaster HARRY Y OE, and of absence to take care of his desk Bill Beardsley, son of SI BEARDSLEY, until his return. head Timekeeper for many years, were CLARENCE MOSER, B&B Supervisor, drowned in its icy waters. departed for Chicago to attend the an nual meeting of the American Railway Sons and daughters ofWP employees Bridge & Building Association, and entering college for their freshman year thence on to several Eastern cities on are Bob Vizina, Norman Sigmon, and vacation. Dyan Miller (Telegrapher BLANCHE Other vacationists are RUTH CRANE, "I wish you'd stop referring to me as 'Fellow Traveler' I" MILLER'S daughter) at the University -Frank Adams in Kaiser Steel's magazine WESTWARD. WILFRED BLUE and MILTON ZIEHN. Wil of Nevada; Bob Naylor (Chief Dis fred is also planning a dove-hunting Fay was working his farm in Okla HAUER won "Sir Rynge," the steer patcher GEORGE'S son) and Mary Todd week- end with BILL DENNY, retired homa at the time of his death. Our raffled by the Junior Chamber of Com Michelson, at the University of Utah. Chief Clerk, who lives in Paradise. deepest sympathy to his family. Bob and Norman were recipients of merce and donated by Bing Crosby We welcome BETTY HAMILTON, new Gary Murphy, son of Brakeman TOM scholarships to the University of from his herd on his nearby Elko steno- clerk. Hope you like us! MURPHY, a recent Navy enlistee, com ranches at the time of the premier of Nevada, majoring in journalism and MILT ZIEHN put the finishing touches pleted boot training and is now sta Crosby's latest film "Here Comes the agriculture respectively. Dyan is ma on 200 feet of redwood weave fence tioned in Jacksonville, Florida. Gary is Groom." Won by a reporter from the joring in art, Bob Naylor has not yet late in September (he doesn't know the nephew of the Howell boys, assist Boston Globe, the steer was redonated chosen his major, while Mary Todd is how he did it) , and then took off for ant superintendent, BILL, Conductor, to the JC's to be reraffled all in the taking a pre-med course preparatory Carmel and Fresno for a well- earned FRANK E. (BOOTS), and Brakemen interest of Elko County's proposed new to studying nursing. rest. MORGAN and ERNIE. million dollar hospital. FERN PATTANI and SOFIA CARRILLO, Chicago AL GLENN, Foreman of Extra Gang Bob Brown, son of Engineer J. A. who did vacation relief for the stenos 40, is recovering satisfactorily from an BROWN, has returned to Stanford Uni during the summer, have entered col Blessed event. .. Joyce Ann Sweeney operation after three weeks in the Elko versity to resume his studies in medi lege in Reno, Fern entering the Uni made her debut into this world on July General Hospital. Hope you're · back cine. versityof Nevada, and Sofia attending 27. Mother, Therese, and 7-pound 10- soon, AI. CHARLEY FORSETH's son, Rodney, has business college. JOHN WAAGE , who ounce Joyce are doing fine, but father, CLIFF FIELDS was the winner of the been released from a hospital in Oak worked with the signal gangs during FRED, had the usual rough time. He horse raffled off by O'Carroll Brothers land where he has been recovering vacation, is studying engineering at the spent one vacation week getting ac during the Fair, and ADOLPH MOLDEN- from injuries received when he University of Utah. Our sincerest con- quainted and performing odd jobs for

20 M I L E POSTS MIL E PO S T S 21 the little tot. Sister Celeste, 1%, isn't RIEGGEL came in the office doubled over Seen around the building- CHARLES sure if she likes the competition. in pain. After scoring a nice 75 (18 TED SULLIVAN, Assistant Accountant, and CHARLIE BRANDT, Head Time FREEMAN, T&T Engineer, and JOHN Travelin' aroun' ... Bossman ART holes, wise guy) Johnny proceeded to KENDALL, Technician, from San Fran LUND and the Mrs. spent one week of demonstrate that age can compete with keeper. FRED KRUGER, secretary to Superin cisco, here to install and check SN their vacation out Seattle way, visiting youth by entering the driving contest. lines preparatory to joining SN-WP relatives and calling on old friends. His 245 yarder was good for first prize, tendent CURTIS, made a trip from Sac forces on November l. FREDDIE ROBBINS and family spent two but his golfing activties will be from a ramento to Salt Lake City and return via freight trains and kept us con Birthday greetings to EARL D. weeks down in the beautiful Ozark wheel chair for the rest of the year. BROWN, Assistant Accountant, on Oc country. The Ar kansas traveler makes You'll only be a year older next year, stantly informed of his "hobo activi tober 25. an annual check on his country estate Johnny, so - keep it up - we're only ties." Thought for the day: - probably wisely planning for the jealous! On the other hand KEN We now call W ALT WARRELL, head B&B Clerk, GRANDPA. His son future. Mrs MARIE LIBBE spent her va RANK'S golf score this year. so~ewhat I used to think I was abused cation visiting relatives out in Iowa resembles figures tabulated at a bowl Thomas and daughter-in- law Jewell, Because I had no shoes, where the corn is r eal. JACK BOQUIS; ing alley. Ken's only explanation is presented him with a 9-pound 10- Until I met a man who had no feet. ounce granddaughter, Susan Elizabeth, that his Chief Clerk's duties confine his Sacramento Store golfing to week- ends only, and that he on September 13. Jeanne Pierre, steno CLOVIS OOLEY, Wire Chief Manager, RICHARD WOLF vacationed in Oregon, clerk at Chicago office, n ever could shoot a good game on his decided to stop making and his wife Mae Jeanette, welcomed s:opping at Crater Lake and vicinity them all happy when she own time ! to view the scenery. Remainder of his announced her engage Recent visitors to this office from GO the birth of Clovia Vernona on August men t to Earl D. Boor 8. The 9-pound 15-ounce daughter has 1ime was spent fishing and he really man, Jr., the lucky guy! were: Messrs. WHITMAN, POULTERER , caught them. Can't produce the evi They are to be married two brothers and three sisters. next April. ROPER, WHEELER, STEEL, KNEISS, dence, but vouch for the pictures. STONEY, FAYE, PADEN, CARTER, GOM Welcome back JIMMY WILLIAMS. We missed your cheerful smile during the was looking forward to getting a lot of MER, GIBSON, MENZIES , COTTER, GAL LAGHER and BYRD. Hope we didn't miss six weeks you were gone for operation fishing done during his vacation, but of an eye condition. His duties as Car we understand he spent most of two anyone. The Chicago agency always extends a warm welcome and we're Distributor were taken over by F. M. weeks moving into his new home. COPELAND, Telegrapher, while away. "Probably weren't biting anyway, always glad to see and meet the rest GORDON SWITZER, Assistant Division Jack." Lucky JAKE EPHRAIM recently of our family. Engineer, B. L. McNEILL, Roadmaster, made another trip to San Francisco. Several issues ago we mentioned and L. B. CARTER, Signal Supervisor, This time as escort with the mortgage that we would comment later on our are back after attending an AAR con bankers. His second tour this summer "GO GO SOX." As you know, they've gone! No comment. vention in Chicago. he still has the n erve to say, "I haven't had my regular vacation yet!" Whatta Sacramento ARNO SCHMITT, general CTC Main tainer, took a week's vacation to go life. JIM WARREN and family spent his Welcome to J. F. LYNCH, JR., Rod two weeks touring points of interest on deer hunting and was joined on the man, who replaced GEORGE DAY upon week - end of the 22nd by WALTER the East Coast. his return to school, and to EVANS L. We're glad to have ANN WEBER back POTTS, CTC Maintainer and Dispatcher NIELSON, from Elko, who has joined the JEAN PARKER. Potts came back empty after being confined several days with dispatchers' force. a severe attack of virus. handed and Jean with a buck (and we Dispatcher J. R. CLEVENGER is back don't mean a dollar), and Arno is still W e were sorry to learn of the illness at his desk after a wonderful vacation trying. Is it all for one, or one for all, of George K. Wenig, Sr., father of in Montana, but Dispatcher R. W. J ean? Nearly 31 years ago Vito Poncioni began working General Agent G. K., JR., and hope that HUFFMAN says he is glad to be back in for W P at Store 7. When he retired on August 31, It was nice to see and chat with Henry J. Madison, who began work at the same Mr. Wenig will soon be up and around sunny California after a vacation in time under Henry J. 's father, presented Vito with again. Kansas. A visit to Portland, Spokane CHUCK MILLER, Roadmaster of the a radio on behalf of his fellow workers. Shown Eastern Divison, when he stopped by w:th Vito are John MacHenry, Ed Fields, Antone Fore! ... Several weeks back JOHNNY and Seattle made a fine vacation for CapauI, and H. J. Madison. while on vacation. -Photo by Hy O'Rullian. 22 MILEPOSTS MILEPOSTS 23 mother in Salt Lake City. He is now NORMA LEE ALLEN bought herself a We took great care in getting passes master, and Operator BECKLEY and located in Oakland. Ford, which she claims is a year on the Califo1'nia Zephy1' so B. L. wife. Roadmaster DICK MOUNKES has his Our present Yardmaster, H. C. younger than the old one - vintage GREEN, of Oroville, could attend the two children, Wilma and Charles, at "BOOMER" FORD, is also vacationing. unknown. After . giving it a coat of diesel school at La Grange, Illinois. tending Chico State College, along Yard Clerk CHUCK HARRIS bid in turq\loise blue she now has a classy Green left, attended school, then auto. with Roberta Barry, granddaughter of another job-vacancy filled by D. HAR troubles started. His wallet was lost, Operator TOM BARRY. RIS. KEN BYRNES will probably bid in Glad to hear that LEE WILLIS'S hus strayed or stolen, along with his re band, Mickey, is well on the road to Accompanied by his wife and young the second shift, and ESTHER WITT will turn ticket. H aven't learned yet how recovery after being involved in a daughter, Brakeman VIRGIL SIMPSON probably be successful bidder on first, he got back to Oroville. motorcycle accident. made a hurried trip to Oakland re as Yard Clerk. MI'. and Mrs. HARRY MESSER left re ANN FRENCH was the honored guest cently to be with his mother who has TOM and ESSIE MAY GARFIELD just cently for a trip to Spokane, Couer d' at a small party given by the office been very ill. returned from a delightful trip through Alene, Idaho, through the badlands of force. She was well fed with cake and Visiting Engineer OLE JOHNSON for the Pacific Northwest and showed some the Northern states down to Sioux ice cream before resigning as steno to several days last month was his beautiful color pictures taken along the City, Iowa, on to Chicago, and home join her husband, Lt. Charles French, brother, an engineer on the D&RGW. way. via a southern route and Los Angeles. now stationed at Fort Ord. Engineer CARL HAGEN is home again Mrs. H. P . RAWLINGS just returned and getting along fine after spending from Seattle and other points, looking three weeks in the Westwood Hospital rested. recovering from an operation. Telegrapher BREW, of Delle, Utah, is Conductor STUBBLEFIELD and his son away attending school, and G. W. had the honor of bringing in the first BARTO, also of Delle, took his vacation deer of the season. Not to be outdone in the East. by the male sex, Mrs. Mel Strang, wife FREUTENICHT, of B&B No.1, will have of Brakeman STRANG, got her buck, too. the diesel house at Wendover com Brakeman SIMPSON was also success pleted one of these days, and R. COLVIN ful. Conductor METZDORF'S wife, how is going to be very proud of same. ever, had the misfortune of getting lost Did anyone tell you RUSSELL TAYLOR, for several hours but other than being Warehouseman at Gerlach, is now a very tired, did not suffer. grandpa? And, the inimitable MAUD This nice shot of two Weyerhaeuser Timber Com Operator CHARLEY FORD celebrated MCGINNIS, of Gerlach, is a great pany diesels was taken at Keddie by Elsie Hagen. Keddie The 1200-h. p. engines were tried Qut in several test Reports are that Brakeman DICK his 64th birthday on Sunday, Septem grandma! runs on the Westwood Local, the Portola-Keddie and Oroville-Keddie Locals. They since were used BEAM is getting along fine in Stanford ber 23. A Telegrapher for 50 years, Understand Conductor and Mrs. H. in test runs on the Great Northern. Lane Hospital in San Francisco, recov Charley has b een with WP sixteen. B. STEVENSON had a nice trip to New MARTIN COUGHLIN spent part of his ering from a recent eye operation. Engineer DAVE FALLEN and the Mrs. York City. vacation at home and the remainder Fireman JACK KRAUSE was among were Keddie visitors one day last Our deepest sympathy to Conductor seeing the sights in San Francisco. the many men that fought fire here for month from Stockton. PRICE and family on the death of his Came very near giving Sacramento four days recently. There were a couple father who passed away late in Sep Wendover back to the Indians after a terrific of days when we did not expect to tember. lightning and thunderstorm last month. have a Keddie any more. ANNABELLE ALBRECHT, Telegrapher, Stockton But, with perfect weather again, de Yardmaster CHARLEY SELF returned assumed the correspondent's duties Stork News ... Congratulations to cided the Indians cannot have our fair home a week ago from a trip to Chi this month while SHIRLEY LEE and her ORIN PRENTISS on the arrival of a son. city. cago, stopping off in Colorado for Mrs. family took off for a little vacation. Bet Grandpappy PHIL, Trainmaster, is Little Billie Madan- aged four-who Self who had been visiting there for a Thanks, Annabelle! having a time buttoning his coat. NICK lives within a block of the office, really couple of months. BILL WOOD, Yardmaster at Wendover COHEN, Ticket Clerk, is proudly intro surprised his dad, Chief Clerk MADAN, Visitors in the vicinity of San Fran for many years, was around saying ducing his n ew son, Gregory, and by recently with an office visit. cisco lately were JOE CLINTON, Yard- hello to the bunch here and visited his the time this goes to press, the BERNARD 24 MILEPOSTS MILEPOSTS 25 HARDING home will have a new addi San Rafael ;01' a visit while doing some CORY, Hostler H elper, Mrs. G. A . WIL tion. Bernard is now the Assistant work here. SON, Laborer, T. E. CLAYPOOL, Ma Cashier at Stockton freight office. J. C. HOOVER, retired assistant to the chinist's Helper and F. O. HARVEY, Vacation preamble ... GLADYS EVANS , general manager, and wife had a fine Lineman. PBX Operator, is spending two weeks time at the annual meeting of the 31st in Pittsburgh, Pa., visiting her grand Our sincere sympathy to Hostler Engineers at Denver last month. mother. CHERRY ROWLEY, Bill Clerk, Helper A . R. MOSELEY 'S family whose Latest reports on Engineer H. A. has r eturned from Los Angeles, where son Pfc John A. "Jack" Moseley, was RANDALL are that he is back home after kill~d in Korea action. Drafted into the she enrolled her daughter in Pasadena spending much time in St. Joseph's College. FERN LESTER, traffic depart Army six months ago, he trained at Hospital where he submitted to sur Camp Roberts and sailed overseas on ment, and husband, Don, pill'chased a gery. H e will return for further surgery n ew Buick-then took off for Canada, July 20. He is survived by his wife, and treatment as soon as he regains his returning via Albany, Oregon, to visit Ruth, his parents, a sister Mrs. Blanche strength, and all his friends are wish friends. BILL MOORE, Chief Clerk, is Cole and a brother, Dick, all of Oro ing him a very speedy recovery. spending his vacation at home just re ville. Ticket-Clerk-PBX Operator W. E. laxing and taking life easy. Clerk Our very best wishes to Switchman "BILL" GINTER and wife have as their Seldom in the news, but important to the successful KEITH REESE and wife were pleasantly C. E. GAFFNEY who retired September operation of Western Pacific trains, are W P's sec guest, Bill's father, William J. Ginter, tion gangs. Manuel Olivera, foreman, and -Section surprised by a group of friends recently 19 after 26 years with the company. Gang 3, replace ballast at Mile Post .30, just east retired welding supervisor on the D& with a housewarming in their new Brakeman A. E. JONES expects to of Niles station. Manuel has been wIth the com RGW from Alamosa, Colorado. Other pany nearly 30 years, 24 as section foreman at home in Plymouth Village. The group return to work in the near future after Niles. Other members of the gang are: E .. Ramos, guests at the Ginter home recently A. Cocoa, P. Vega, J. Lara, and J. Ojeda. presented them with a money order spending some time in Oroville -Cur were C. A. BATES, Signal Material . . . gift. Potluck dinner was served and the ran Hospital recovering from a sciatic Telegraphy plays an important part in ra,i lroad in&" Stockman, and wife, of Sacramento, too. Below, L. F. Perkins, agent at Niles, C~h remainder of the evening was spent nerve condition. fornia, expertly taps out a dot-dash message usmg who spent their vacation here. the familiar telegraph key. Formerly a telegrapher making recordings. Darlene Moyes, Janitor SAM LAMBROS is recuperat New York City on the Eastern Division, Perkins became a W P talented daughter of Clerk ERNIE employee on December 25, 1930. . ing from his trip to Oroville':Curran Double correction on last month's MOYES, sang several vocal selections. Hospital and hopes to be back on the item. JOE MASON, reported in the blue Switchman J. CANEGA is reported job soon. We have missed him around print stage, informs us that his manor steadily improving from his injuries the depot. is all but completed and is on the received several months ago. Our best S. A. STRATTON, Relief Roundhouse EOUTH shore of Long Island- not the wishes to you, J. C. Foreman, has resigned because of ill North. Oh, well, h e does have a Switchman GEORGE MAUTZ has re health, and moved with his family to HOUSE, anyway! ported back to work after several Springfield, Mo. The diamond wars have ended, and weeks' illness. Welcome back, George. E. L. MCCANN, Special Agent, at the insufferable arrogance of us Yankee Clerk GENEVA PENDERGRAFT is recov tended a Peace Officers' Convention in fans must be endured for another year, ering from a major operation. She will Yosemite Park. Seems like a logical having decimated the NL "Jints." We b e away from work for some time but place for such a meeting! have it on good authority that the we wish her a very speedy recovery. W. F. STEVENS, Diesel Foreman, has Yankee fan in this office supplemented While vacationing at Lake Tahoe, we been attending a locomotive mainte his income by inducing Chief Clerk were happy to drop in and visit with nance officeTs' convention in Chicago. Lou BERKOPEC of the Pittsburgh WP the R. BILL MOODYS at their summer No reports from result of Round office to bet against the Yanks. And, as home in Twin Bridges. Bill and Mrs. house Foreman R. T. RONAN'S deer for our own Chief Clerk ART POTVIN, Moody wished to be remembered to all. hunting expedition, nor from a similar he is being driven by the cruel fates Oroville hunt by OTTO MARLER, Stationary En toward philosophy, in the failure of his Telephone & Telegraph Maintainer gineer. Boston boys to again seize the coveted G. J . WARE brought his family from Enjoying late vacations were E. B. bunting. 'Tis an ill wind, indeed, that CROiOS , Sheetmetal Worker, W . B. blows no one any good. 26 MILEPOSTS )

Andy Murphy, WP Agent at San per week. On the other hand, a good Francisco, thought MILEPOSTS ' readers 6-room house rents for around 13S-6D might enjoy reading the following let per week (about $8.00 per month). ter he received from D. E. Somers, Everything is figured by the week in clerk on leave from the waterfront this country. office, postmarked Edinburgh, Scot We came up here on a bus-nearly land, September 2, 1951: 500 miles and it takes two days. They "This is our last day in Scotland and stop overnight at a hotel at Chester, we go back to London tomorrow and just outside Liverpool. The trip in then down to Paris, Rome, etc. cludes transportation, all meals and Had a good crossing, only rough one hotel accommodations. The meals are F. M. Whiting, traffic representative, S. F'J and F. C. S. Bagge, traffic representative, Oakland, seated at the rear, received 40-year service pins at a recent luncheon attended by members of W P's traffic day, but did not bother either of us, four a day-breakfast, lunch, tea and department. Said Wh:ting: "Old railroaders never die-they just ride away." and since we arrived we have seen dinner. The whole cost is 4 £ -2S-6D quite a lot of Britain. The countryside ($11.56). We are going back to London San Francisco and Seattle, and HARRY PERRINE, Chief of both England and Scotland is very by rail tomorrow on the "Queen of Through JOS. G. WHEELER, Passenger Clerk, left October 11 for a trip to St. pretty, all so green and cut up with Scots"-eight-hour non-stop train. Petersburg, Florida, up through the Traffic Manager, we learned that Mr. small fields of oats, wheat and pota In London food is a problem. Once a Carolinas and home. and Mrs. J . L. SCOTT celebrated their toes. The roads wind around and over week you get one egg and a couple of HARRY FLYNN, Assistant Engineer, Golden Wedding Anniversary in Santa the hills with either stone walls or small strips of bacon. The rest of the spent two weeks in Elko relieving A. Cruz on October 5. Now living in Fel hedges on either side; the houses are week you may get a little meat, but Moldenhauer, Signal supervisor. ton, California, Mr. Scott retired from either brick or stone, with lots of bread, fish and chips are always at When SID HENRICKSEN, the boss's the company in 1937 as general passen flowers and trees. There are no wood hand. Just as soon as we got out of secretary, failed to show up at the ger agent. frame houses in this country. London the food was more plentiful bandstand at the WP dance, he missed Glad to see REG DUNKLEY back at his The industrial cities such as London, and better, and here in Scotland, it's receiving a beautiful birthday cake, desk again after spending some time in Liverpool and Glasgow are just the quite good. the hospital. complete with candles 'n' everything. reverse of the country. Very ugly and We are not going to Egypt owing to Vacations are over for MARGARET Anyway, happy birthday, pappy! dirty, and the people in these cities are CORCORAN, spent at Tiajuana and Cata All that nice art work for the dance very poor. A great majority only earn the unsettled conditions there. We have lina Island; By LARSON, seeing Los An came from the pen and brush of 4 £ ($11.20) a week. Top railway clerks' been advised that it would not be safe geles and loafing around Russian River; little FRANKLIN LOUIE, Engineering pay is 5£ ($14.00) per week, and an to go there at this time. JACK HYLAND and wife JANIE, who vis Draftsman, who, incidentally studied engineer seldom exceeds 7 £ ($19.60) Regards to all the force." ited Clear Lake, and TOM BALDWIN, under Jimmy Hatlo, that celebrated who "just stayed away from work." cartoonist. KEN STONEY says you just can't beat If you missed the bingo game at the that new car of his, even using inflated dance, it was all your fault - you dollars, but JACK and JANIE HYLAND should have been in San Francisco. don't agree-they think that baby blue You see, the operators brought the rocket of theirs beats anything on the paraphernalia over to Mt. Diablo highway. Country Club Saturday, the day after You get a second look at these gent~ because of a ANN OSDOBA , signal department, re the dance. Bingo! caption error in last month's MILEPOSTS. From Ernie and Margaret Evans receive a gift for an turned recently from a three-week trip JOYCE McMILLIN, auditor of revenues expected arrival from Agent Jimmy Dillon at a left are: Assistant Agents Leo Sillineri and J. J. surprise luncheon given by Oakland employees McInerney, and Agent Andy Murphy, all of local to Washington, New York, Minneapo department, will be married December September 14 . Also seated at the head table was lis, Winnipeg and Vancouver, Canada 2 to Jim Williams of San L eandro. O. Hatfield, general clerk. freight station. 28 MILEPOSTS MILEPOSTS 29 Led b y strike Off to a poor happy Tony P alla start, Western • SPO RTS • dino's 566 series, Pacific's quintet I: the Feather River hopes to come out NATIONAL CHAMPION the Feather River country, will find bowl ers swept winner in the three her practicing in S an Francisco's three games from remaining games Golden Gate Park. the Auditors, while yet to be played in Kay's sister-in- law, J eannie Brad the Traffickers took two out of three the 195116th Annual Industrial Men's ney, clerk in the telegraph department, from the Freight Claims. This combi Basketball Tournament. can also toss the fly with considerable nation lifted the Feather River's league The rails dropped the opener to the skill and accuracy. The two girls would lead to three full games over the California Physicians' Service five '27 like to form a WP Casting Club if a Traffickers, who now have won ten and to 23, and emerged a 41 to 40 winner sufficient number of employees are lost five. F reight Accounts and the in the second game with Premier interested, and will be glad to teach Oakland Carm n thriced the Valua Insurance. beginners. tion and Zephyrs, resp ctively, to climb In a double overtime 42 to 40 into a tie for the third place position scramble against the Leo J . Meyberg HOW ABOUT IT, with a nine and six record. quintet, WP held a 10-point lead at Charley Dooling holds all individual one period of the game but lost two MR. BASS? honors so far with a high game of 242, chances to win. With 15 seconds to go Western P acific employees and their high series of 581 and a 179 top aver in the game, Jim Mills missed a free families will soon have an opportunity age. Freight Accounts have high team throw to take the game, and in the first to become members of an exclusive series, 2,510, while the Zephyrs hold overtime period, Pete Holtzen slipped Kay Bradney, clerk in the engineer club, according to plans outlined by an 885 high team game. Other high and lost the ball while getting set for ing department, and a member of the o. E. Lyles, WP engineer of Stockton. averages are Storey's 171, P alladino's and easy hook shot with only seconds California Women's Casting Club, To become a member of the 20-UP 168 and Wilkinson's 165. to go. journeyed down to the National Skish CLUB you must be, or have been, a After six weeks of play in the Crocker Bank's five took the fourth fly and plug casting tournament, held contestant in the annual 20-UP Club Western P acific Bowling L eague, team game 39 to 31, in which the WP boys at the Los Angeles County Fair at Bass D erby and have been lucky standings are as follows, based on most just couldn't find the bucket during Pomona in September, and came home enough to catch a bass weighing 20 or games won: the first half. Their scoring ability im a winner. more pounds. No bass will be eligible Lost W on proved in the second half but not With a five-eighths ounce plug, a for the Derby unless the fisherman has Feather River ...... 13 2 enough to overcome the early lead nine-pound test line and a standard registered before the fish is caught, and Traffickers _ . __ ..... _____ ...... __ 10 level-wind reel, she made an average paid his $1 entry fee, which goes into F reight Accounts ... . scored by the bankers, who now have Oakland Carmen .. __ 9 three wins and one loss. cast of 174 feet to take the national the jackpot for the lucky winners. Zephyrs .... . 8 10 title and set a new record in that event. The contest closes December 18 at Signal .. .. . 8 Captain Cliff Gerstner and Pete Her longest cast was 177 feet. midnight, and winners will divide the Freight Claims . 11 Holtzen have been sharing high point Auditors __ __. ______... _ . 12 To top it off, she took second place in jackpot with two- thirds going to the Valuation . 3 12 scoring so far in the games. the distance fly event with an average winner and one-third to the runner- up. The action takes place at San F ran- of 120 feet, the longest cast being 124 For this year's Derby, the judges cisco's Downtown Bowl each Thursday feet. The fly rod and line were the type w ill be J . J. McGraw, roundhouse Fl ash at 7:00 p. m. used forsteelhead fly fishing. foreman; C. G. Spoon, engineer ; and Western Pacific's basketball team, sparked by Casting a fly 120 feet takes a great Ken Craig, conductor. Captain Gerstner's high scoring 19 points, went into a three·way tie for fourth place in their win deal of skill; and Kay didn't get her Further information may be obtained In the old days when you wanted a horse over Call-Bulletin October 22, 33 to 27 . By win honors the easy way. Saturdays and from Engineer Lyles, 443 South Tux to stand still, you tied him to a hitching post. ning the two remaining games the rails have a Sundays, when she isn't fishing up in edo Street, Stockton. Today you place a bet on him. chance to tie for second place in the league. 31 30 MILEPOSTS MILEPOSTS Sec. 34.66, P. L. & R. WESTERN PACIFIC: MILEPOSTS U. S. POSTAGE 526 Mission SI., San Francisco 5, Calif. PAID Return Postage Guaranteed San Francisco, C.lif. Permil No. 5371 MR. AL A ~l ASXE 17 5 s. LI NCO SN ST . ROSSV I LLE, CALIF .

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Rock Island Lines announces new color travel film "Golden Journey" featuring streamlined Golden State operating· . between . Chicago and Los Angeles. The "Railroad Hour" began its fourth year on the air October I with a perform ance of Cole Porter's "Jubilee." o Pennsylvania Railroad tries out new food service in its New York-Washington trains, dispensing sandwiches, pastries, candy, ice cream, milk and coffee from automatic coin-operated machines. o 0 Thirteen new diesel-electric locomotive units ordered by the Erie Railroad for 1952 delivery. • • • Grand Trunk Western orders material to install centralized traffic control on ap proximately 41 miles of single track between West Pontiac, Michigan, and Durand. 000 St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico orders centralized traffic control material for 40.7- mile installation between Vanderbilt and McFaddin, Texas. 00. Automatic sanding plant for diesel locomotives built by Bessemer & Lake Erie at Albion, Pennsylvania. • • Milwaukee Railroad has established a scholarship on behalf of sons of employees of that railroad. • • • Passengers aboard the Central of Georgia's "Nancy Hanks JI" on the fourth anni versary of her Atlanta-Savannah run received a piece of Nancy's 100-pound birth day cake.