DT Nichols was the first station agent for the CB&Q railroad in
Wyanet, Illinois, starting in 1855.

EJ Engel was also employed at the CB&Q  railroad in Wyanet,
Illinois from 1872 to 1875 as a switch tender.
He was then promoted to CRI&P operator from 1875 to 1878.
From 1878 to 1881 he was the joint agent for the CB&Q, CRI&P
Junction.

In 1881 he took a position as a ticket agent with the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad in Argentine, Kansas where he
remained until his retirement in 1928.
My Present Past
A genealogical experience
Railroads
CB&Q CRI&P Junction Wyanet, Illinois
Joint Agent   EJ Engel    1878-1880    
DT Nichols was the first
station agent for the CB&Q
railroad in Wyanet, Illinois,
starting in 1855.
EJ Engel was employed by the CB&Q railroad in Wyanet,
Illinois from 1872 to 1875 as a switch tender.
He was promoted to operator by the CRI&P railroad
from 1875 to 1878.
From 1878 to 1881 he was the joint agent for the
CB&Q and CRI&P junction.
In 1881 he took a position as a ticket agent with the
Atchison,Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad in Argentine, Kansas
where he remained until his retirement in 1928.
Robert E Jacobs was employed in Kansas City by the
CB&Q railroad in 1945.
He worked at 16 different locations in Missouri
including Birmingham, Liberty, Block 222 and Callio
as a telegraph operator and leverman.
He left the railroad in 1955 for employment at
Trans World Airlines
Westbound at Block 222   Kansas City 1949
EJ Engel 1909
Argentine, Kansas
AT&SF