Christmas 1917 Brownie Anderson

[Southpark]

Merry Chrismas

Dec 24, 1917 Leadville, Eng #9, Train #71, Called 8:15 AM, Left 8:15AM,  Arrived Como 12:45PM with Miller, pay $3.25
Dec 25, 1917 Como, Eng #9, Train#70, Called 1:55PM, Left 1:55PM, Arrived Leadville 6:15PM with Miller, pay $3.25
The Dec 25 trip was a "fast" trip.

At this time Anderson would have been a fireman, and Miller was likely Jumbo Miller, the engineer.

Tom Klinger
PS
Jan 15, 1918 Anderson had a "slow" 20 hr 45 min Leadville to Como run on #71 with Miller.
TK

[ComoDepot]

Mery Christmas Tom

I can remember when there was Train Service on Christmas and Boxing Days.

[Chris Walker]

Ha, I can remember running trains on Boxing Day, back in the late 80's. (not 1880's )

[Mike Trent]

Hi Tom, and Merry Christmas to everyone.

Great story on Brownie's notes. "Fast" would mean on time, of course.

Doug Schnarbush, to whom I have referred many times told me he and his family lived next to Jumbo Miller. He still held that passenger run 20 years later on the West End out of Como. Doug said that they lived just up the street from the roundhouse, not far, maybe just a block. Miller still drove an old Model T, and was a notoriously bad driver, especially in the winter. Not being one to walk the block or so to the roundhouse, he would often get stuck in the alley trying to make it up to a shed or garage that he kept his car in. Doug would help him whenever he was there, and to hear him tell it, it was no small task to get the old jalopy in out of the weather. Doug said that in addition to trying to help the old guy out, he always hoped that Miller would return the favor by not being such a hard ass when Doug fired for him.

But that was not to be, as Miller treated all his firemen the same and never missed a chance to "hang their hide on the coal gate".

The passenger train was scheduled, so ran every day but Sunday in one direction or the other, unless the line was impassable due to snow or a wreck. Even if it took over 20 hrs to make half the trip that day.

Tough times.

[Rick Steele]

Yup Mike,

Tough people as well.

Rick