My Present Past
A genealogical experience
1930 Census John Losh
1930 Census Roland Karriker
1949 Burlington C B & Q
Birmingham, Missouri
1920 Census Barney Clevenger
1945 Birmingham, Missouri
C B & Q Depot Employees


Burlington Section Foreman: R B Karriker

Burlington Track Supervisor: John Losh

Wabash Section Foreman: Barney Clevenger

Milwaukee Signal Maintainer: Art Ray
Birmingham, Missouri looking East from the C B & Q depot         1949
Birmingham, Missouri looking East from the C B & Q depot  1989
1945 Burlington C B & Q Certificate of Examination
Brookfield, Missouri
Liberty, Missouri
1949 Burlington C B & Q Certificate of Examination
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Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Robert E. Jacobs was hired in 1945 by the Chicago Burlington & Quincy railroad as a relief operator/leverman.

Most of his time was spent at the Birmingham, Missouri depot but during his nine year tenure with the
Chicago Burlington & Quincy he also worked at the following locations in Missouri:

Callao, Macon, Shelbina, Monroe City, Hunnewell, Hamilton, Chillicothe, Liberty, Block 222, Lathrop,
Cameron Jct, Cameron, Kearney, Carrollton and Browning, Missouri.

Gene left the railroad in 1955, to take a position with Trans World Airlines in Kansas City.
Left:
Eastbound view of tracks at Birmingham,
Missouri in 1947.

The track on the left is used by the
Chicago Burlington & Quincy.

Middle track is the Wabash, also used by
the Rock Island on eastbound freight

The track to the right is also the Wabash.

The two separate set of tracks south
were the Milwaukee and Rock Island.