My Present Past
A genealogical experience
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 Junction 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.
C B & Q - C R I & P Junction at Wyanet, Illinois                                EJ Engel Joint Agent  1878-1881
   
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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
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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
C B & Q Railroad Bridge
Kansas City, Missouri 1915
Sometimes being a ticket agent has a
little bit more excitement than
just another day at the depot.
1920 Hamilton Watches
The Standard for Railroad Time
EJ Engel
A T & S F Depot Argentine, Kansas