Treasure Chest Thursday: Southern Pacific’s Famous Sunset Route
Posted by Liv | Filed under Treasure Chest Thursdays
I had no idea that my father worked for the railroad industry too until I came upon a W-2 with total wages he earned working for Southern Pacific (SP) in 1949. When I asked mom about his employment with SP, she said he did work for them, but only for a short period of time before going on to work full time for Sheffield Steel Corporation (Armco Steel).
In addition to the W-2, I found an old postcard booklet dad saved from 1949 about the famous SP Sunset Route from New Orleans, Louisiana to El Paso, Texas. A quick search online shows that this antique/vintage postcard collection sells for $2.50 and up today, depending on its condition. Even though my souvenir folder is a little brown from dirt & dust through the years, it has never been used and therefore, in pretty good condition (see below)!
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Tags: Alpine TX, Davis Mountain Range, Del Rio TX, El Paso, houston, Marfa TX, New Orleans, Pecos High Bridge, Railroad industry, San Antonio, Saw Tooth Mountain, Southern Pacific Lines, Sunset Route, Treasure Chest Thursday
Workday Wednesday: A day in the life of a Boiler Washer
Posted by Liv | Filed under Workday Wednesday
With Labor Day 2012 less than a week away, I’ve been thinking a lot about the various jobs and occupations many of my ancestors were engaged in from Emancipation to the 1940′s. According to the 1940 US census, my paternal step-great-grandfather, Morgan Terrell Aldridge, was a Boiler Washer for the Missouri-Kansas-Texas (M-K-T) Railroad Roundhouse in Parsons, KS. That makes him about the sixth or seventh male ancestor that I’ve identified (I’m sure there’s more) in my family tree that has connections to the railroad industry in this country! Read the rest of this entry…
Tags: boiler washer, M-K-T Railroad, Missouri-Kansas-Texas, Morgan Aldridge, Pullman Porters, Railroad Roundhouse, Railroad Shops
Wordless Wednesday: The Only Chapple Boy
Posted by Liv | Filed under Wordless Wednesdays
Well, almost wordless . . .
Amongst those Chapple Girls was one boy . . .
Joseph Lee Chapple
Joseph poses with Lady Friend
My Uncle Joseph was quite a character and definitely considered himself a smooth operator when it came to the fairer sex!
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