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EJ Engel was employed by the C B & Q railroad in
Wyanet, Illinois from 1872 to 1875 as a switchtender/brakeman.
He was hired as an operator by the C R I & P railroad from
1875 to 1878. He was the joint agent for the C B & Q and
C R I & P J unction from 1878 to 1881.
In 1881 he took a position as an agent with the
Atchison,Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad in Halstead, Kansas,
then Emporia, Kansas and finally in 1883 to Argentine, Kansas
where he remained until his retirement in 1928.

Source:
Santa Fe Employee Magazine
November 1920

Robert E Jacobs was employed as a telegraph
operator, leverman by the C B & Q railroad in 1945.
He worked at 16 different locations in Missouri
including Birmingham, Liberty, Block 222, Shelbina,
Cameron Jct, Carrollton, Hunnewell and Macon.

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Westbound C B & Q Work Train
Block 222 Kansas City, Missouri

1949

Charles Ervin was a fireman and engineer for the
Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad in Argentine, Kansas from 1918 to 1963. He ran the
"Scout" train from Argentine, Kansas to Newton, Kansas starting around 1920 to 1940.
Later he ran the Chief, Super Chief and El Capitan trains from Union Station in Kansas
City, Missouri until his retirement on March 20th, 1963.

Charles Ervin on left

C B & Q Depot Wyanet, Illinois 1880

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D T Nichols was the first agent for the
C B & Q Railroad at Wyanet, Illinois in 1854

Source: Wyanet Record
December 22nd 1927

D T Nichols in the middle, leaning against the corner of the depot

Just Regular People

Sometimes we only read or learn about people who are famous or
have done something extraordinary. The people that I have
included in this site, may have lived as regular people but were
remembered and admired by my ancestors. They may have been
conductors, engineers, brakemen, switchmen, supervisors, friends
and acquaintances but they earned the respect of my ancestors
to be remembered as someone who made a difference in their life.

Ira Lucas, Yardmaster - A T & S F
W D Van Bergen, Conductor - A T & S F
Louis Yengst, Engineer - A T & S F
Clay Hayman, Engineer - A T & S F
Amos Beeler, Engineer - A T & S F
Magnus Peterson, Conductor - A T & S F
H R Brady, Conductor - A T & S F
Geo M Stevens, Conductor - A T & S F
C C Parker, Conductor - Chicago Rock Island & Pacific
A P Pierce, Conductor - Chicago Rock Island & Pacific
Charles Ervin, Engineer - Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe
Samuel F Crossett, Agent, Wyanet, Illinois 1879