Re: Dickey Register Book

Posted by Mike Trent on Jul 21, 2024; 11:37am
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/Dickey-Register-Book-tp19933p19939.html

Jimmy, it will probably be interesting to study the Dickey book over time given that during this early period it was a helper station and that both locomotives and crews were actually based there.

We know that all of the West End enginemen in later days with the exception of Charlie Williamson lived in Como with their families. We also know that Sam Speas lived in Como and that all of his sons were born there, yet he and his #40 appear in Dickey almost every day in this book. So, it seems likely that he and some others often resided in the Dickey Bunkhouse waiting for their next call. Collagen is another.

Also, improbable as it might seem to imagine, Tom St.John is already holding down his job as Passenger Conductor in 1899 and Curly Colligan is already a promoted Engineer. Both of them made their last runs in April, 1937 when the Mainline was abandoned.