Boss Of The Year . . . w a s t h e t i t l e g i v e n R a y m o n d V . M a r i n i e r ( c e n t e r ) , D i v i s i o n F r e i g h t S a l e s M a n a g e r f o r N Y C ' s K a n k a k e e B e l t R o u t e , a s h e r e c e i v e s a p l a q u e f r o m h i s S e c r e t a r y , M i s s E l o i s e R u a r k , h o n o r i n g h i m a s " B o s s o f t h e Y e a r . " T h e a w a r d is a n a n n u a l p r e s ­e n t a t i o n o f t h e K a n k a k e e V a l l e y C h a p t e r o f t h e N a t i o n a l S e c r e t a r i e s A s s o c i a t i o n a n d w a s g i v e n t o M r . M a r i n i e r a t a d i n n e r h e l d r e c e n t l y i n K a n k a k e e d u r i n g N a t i o n a l S e c r e t a r y W e e k . O n t h e lef t is J o s e p h B . D e C a r l o , N Y C F r e i g h t S a l e s M a n a g e r f r o m C h i c a g o .

"Zero Defects" Program Produces Results • . . I m r e L e s k o , M a c h i n i s t , C o l l i n w o o d D i e s e l L o c o m o t i v e S h o p , ( lef t ) r e c e i v e s t h e F i r s t A w a r d o f a U . S . S a v i n g s B o n d f r o m J o s e p h S. F a d a l e , S u p e r i n t e n d e n t o f S h o p , f o r h a v i n g s u g g e s t e d a s a f e r a n d m o r e ef f ic ient m e t h o d o f o p e r a t i o n i n t h e T r u c k S h o p . J a c k W . B o u g h t o n , N i g h t G e n e r a l F o r e m a n , a n d A n d r e w J . R i t t e r , Q u a l i t y C o n t r o l S u p e r v i s o r ( f a r r i g h t ) l o o k o n .

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TOOL U N I T E D S T A T E S S A V I N G S B O N D S are presented to two N Y C Car Re­pa i rmen at Sharonvi l le , O . w h o de­vised a new, t ime saving technique f o r straightening and repair ing broken or bent f reight car bolsters. Left to right: S o u t h e r n District Me­chanical Super in tendent Robert F. Doyle ; the two c a r m e n , Char les Seibert, J r . and Frank Bixby, and E lmer Coyer , General Foreman of the car repair facil ity at New Y o r k Centra l ' s Sharonvi l le Y a r d .

T H I S IS I T — T H E B O L S T E R S T R A I G H T E N E R — w h i c h w h e n posit ioned on the f loor of a bo lster -bent -or -broken f re ight car, can straighten the bolster suff iciently to m o v e the car immediate ly to a repair track. Attached to the jack are two steel a r m s which hook into opposi te s ides of the car 's f r a m e a n d straighten the d a m a g e d bolster as the jack is raised. Examin ing the process inside a freight car are left to right: Southern District Mechanical Super in tendent Robert F. Doyle ; Robert T . T o m l i n s o n , District Superv isor -Car ; the des igners of the bolster straightener , Frank Bixby and Char les Seibert, J r . ; P. E. O v e r b e y , H e a v y T r a c k F o r e m a n , and E l m e r Coyer , General F o r e m a n of the Sharonv i l le Car Repair Stat ion .

B y F a r w e l l C. R h o d e s , J r .

" K e e p ' e m r o l l i n g " is t h e b y w o r d o f A m e r i c a n r a i l r o a d i n g a n d t w o N e w Y o r k C e n t r a l C a r R e p a i r m e n a t S h a r o n ­v i l l e ( O . ) Y a r d h a v e b e e n r e w a r d e d f o r d e v e l o p i n g a n e w t o o l t o d o j u s t t h a t .

F i f t y - d o l l a r U . S. S a v i n g s B o n d s w e r e r e c e n t l y p r e s e n t e d t o N Y C C a r m e n F r a n k B i x b y a n d C h a r l e s S e i b e r t , J r . , b o t h o f S h a r o n v i l l e , f o r t h e i r i n g e n u i t y i n d e v e l o p i n g t h e t o o l , k n o w n a s a b o l s t e r s t r a i g h t e n e r .

P r e s e n t a t i o n o f t h e b o n d s w a s m a d e b y S o u t h e r n D i s t r i c t M e c h a n i c a l S u p e r ­i n t e n d e n t R o b e r t F . D o y l e a n d E l m e r C o y e r , G e n e r a l C a r F o r e m a n a t S h a r o n ­v i l le Y a r d .

T h e b o l s t e r s t r a i g h t e n e r d r a s t i c a l l y r e d u c e s r e p a i r t i m e f o r b a d o r d e r c a r s w h i c h h a v e b r o k e n o r b e n t b o l s t e r s . T h e b o l s t e r is a s tee l b e a m t h a t c o n n e c t s t h e t r u c k w i t h t h e c a r b o d y . I n a d d i t i o n t o s t r a i g h t e n i n g t h e b o l s t e r t h e n e w t o o l p e r m i t s c r i p p l e d c a r s t o b e m o v e d o r s w i t c h e d i m m e d i a t e l y in t h e e v e n t t h e y a r e b l o c k i n g m o v e m e n t o f o t h e r c a r s t h r o u g h r e p a i r a r e a s .

H e r e t o f o r e , S u p e r i n t e n d e n t D o y l e e x ­p l a i n e d , c a r s w i t h b e n t o r b r o k e n b o l s t e r s c o u l d b e r e p a i r e d o n l y b y j a c k i n g u p b o t h s i d e s o f t h e c a r f r o m t h e o u t s i d e a n d w e l d i n g t h e b r e a k o r s t r a i g h t e n i n g t h e b o l s t e r b e f o r e t h e c a r c o u l d b e m o v e d .

W i t h t h e n e w t e c h n i q u e d e v e l o p e d b y B i x b y a n d S e i b e r t , t h e s t r a i g h t e n i n g is d o n e i n s i d e t h e c a r w i t h a floor j a c k e q u i p p e d w i t h s t e e l a r m s , w h i c h l a t c h e s o n t o b o t h e n d s o f t h e b o l s t e r a n d p u l l s i t u p w a r d . T h e c a r c a n t h e n b e m o v e d e a s i l y t o a r e p a i r t r a c k f o r c o m p l e t i o n o f r e h a b i l i t a t i o n .

" T h e o l d m e t h o d w a s n o t o n l y t i m e -c o n s u m i n g , b u t it f r e q u e n t l y b o t t l e -n e c k e d t raff ic u n t i l c o m p l e t i o n o f r e ­p a i r s , " e x p l a i n e d D o y l e . " N o w w e m o v e t h i s p a r t i c u l a r t y p e o f b a d o r d e r c a r m u c h f a s t e r , g e t it r e p a i r e d a n d r e t u r n e d t o s e r v i c e e a r l i e r . "

U s e o f t h e B i x b y - S e i b e r t b o l s t e r s t r a i g h t e n i n g t e c h n i q u e h a s n o w b e e n a u t h o r i z e d a t a l l r e p a i r s t a t i o n s o n t h e N Y C S y s t e m .

S o u t h e r n D i s t r i c t G e n e r a l M a n a g e r J e r e m y T a y l o r , I n d i a n a p o l i s , c o m ­m e n d e d B i x b y a n d S e i b e r t f o r d e v e l o p ­i n g t h e n e w b o l s t e r r e p a i r s y s t e m .

" T h e i r w o r k , " h e n o t e d , " w i l l r e s u l t i n m o r e ef f ic ient c a r r e p a i r a n d a s a r e s u l t b e t t e r s e r v i c e f o r N e w Y o r k C e n t r a l f r e i g h t c u s t o m e r s . T h i s is i n t h e b e s t t r a d i t i o n o f A m e r i c a n r a i l r o a d i n g . "

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K e p u n k a t a - p o o p , k e r p u n k a t a - p o o p -^oop-bang. " N u t s , " s a i d B o b S m a r t a s h e c o a s t e d off t h e t u r n p i k e , g o t o u t a n d s t a r t e d t i e i n g h i s h a n d k e r c h i e f t o t h e a e r i a l .

A b l u e B u i c k p u l l e d off j u s t a h e a d . O u t c l i m b e d H a r r y H a r t , a n e i g h b o r . H e o p e n e d t h e t r u n k , p u l l e d o u t a r o p e . " H o w a b o u t a t o w h o m e , L u c k y ? " s a i d H a r r y .

T h a t n i g h t B o b l a y a w a k e t o al l h o u r s . " W h a t l u x u r y , " h e t h o u g h t . "1 h a r d l y t o u c h e d t h e s t e e r i n g w h e e l . H a r r y d i d t h e w o r k . " T h e m e n t a l g e a r s c l a t t e r e d a n d c l a s h e d .

N e x t d a y B o b p a s s e d a p a i r o f c l o s e -c o u p l e d u s e d c a r s h e a d i n g s o u t h , n o t e d t h e s p e c i a l b u m p e r h i t c h . T h e g e a r s m e s h e d . " E u r e k a , " h e c r i e d .

T h a t a f t e r n o o n , B o b p h o n e d H a r r y . "I k n o w y o u ' l l t h i n k I ' m o u t of m y m i n d , " h e s a i d , " b u t h o w a b o u t m e t o w i n g you h o m e t o n i g h t ? E h ? F i n e ! C o n f i d e n t i a l l y , I t h i n k I m a y b e o n t o s o m e t h i n g . "

" W e l l , h o w w a s it H a r r y ? " s a id B o b a s h e r e m o v e d t h e h i t c h t h a t n i g h t .

" Y o u c a n d o it e v e r y d a y f r o m n o w o n . " sa id H a r r y , s n a p p i n g h i s b r i e f c a s e s h u t . " I g o t m y h o m e w o r k d o n e . H o w a b o u t a se t of t e n n i s a f t e r s u p p e r ? "

" W e ' l l t a k e t u r n s p u l l i n g e a c h o t h e r , " s a id B o b . " T h i n k of ail t h e g a s o l i n e a n d b o t h e r we ' l l s a v e . A c t u a l l y , t h a t b e a r c a t e n g i n e o f m i n e c o u l d p u l l two c a r s . "

B o b s t a r e d a t H a r r y . H a r r y s t a r e d a t B o b . " L e t ' s h a v e a d r i n k , " B o b s a i d .

"I ca l l it a ' t r a i n ' , " s a i d B o b a f e w w e e k s l a t e r as h e d r e w u p a t t h e P a t e n t Office, p u l l i n g t h r e e c a r s b e h i n d h i m . " Y o u k n o w — l i k e a ' t r a i n o f t h o u g h t . ' D o n ' t k n o w w h y s o m e o n e d i d n ' t t h i n k of it b e f o r e . O n l y o n e d r i v e r h a s t o s t e e r a n d s t e p o n t h e b r a k e s . H a l f t h e g u y s in t o w n w a n t t o j o i n t h e t r a i n . W e g o t t a get o r g a n i z e d . "

A t t h e h i g h s c h o o l a u d i t o r i u m t h e f o l l o w i n g n i g h t . B o b r a p p e d f o r a t t e n ­t i o n . " L a d i e s a n d g e n t l e m e n , " h e s a i d , " w e h a v e n ' t s c r a t c h e d t h e s u r f a c e of t h i s t h i n g y e t . F o r i n s t a n c e W h y s h o u l d o n e b i g p o w e r f u l c a r pu l l t w o o r t h r e e o t h e r b ig p o w e r f u l c a r s ? I t ' s r i d i c u l o u s . W h a t w e ' r e g o i n g t o pu l l is s o m e of t h o s e l i g h t w e i g h t f o r e i g n c a r s . ( A p p l a u s e . ) W e ' l l g e t t o t o w n f a s t e r a n d e a s i e r a n d we ' l l s a v e a lo t m o r e m o n e y . " ( L o n g a p p l a u s e . )

I t w a s j u s t a s B o b s a i d . B u t sti l l h e w a s n ' t sa t i s f i ed . " W h y s h o u l d a n y o n e h a v e t o s t e e r ? " h e t h o u g h t . T h e g e a r s w e r e g r i n d i n g d a n g e r o u s l y . B o b w e n t t o t h e m e d i c i n e c h e s t f o r a s p i r i n .

" H o w a b o u t d e e p r u t s i n t h e p a v e m e n t t o g u i d e t h e w h e e l s ? "

" T h e y ' d fill u p w i t h w a t e r a n d f r e e z e , " r e p l i e d R e a s o n .

"Inverted r u t s — t h a t ' s t h e a n s w e r ! " B o b w h o o p e d a n d r u s h e d t o t h e p h o n e .

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" H a r r y , c a l l a l l t h e f e l l o w s a n d te l l e a c h o n e t o p i c k u p a t w o - b y f o u r a t t h e l u m b e r y a r d a n d m e e t m e r i g h t a w a y a t t h e s c h o o l g r o u n d . "

B y t h e t i m e e v e r y o n e a r r i v e d , B o b h a d t h e t i r e s off t h e w h e e l s of h i s c a r .

" O . K . , f e l l o w s , s t a r t r i g h t in f r o n t of t h e w h e e l s a n d l a y t h e t w o - b y - f o u r s o u t -p a r a l l e l , s o t h e r i m s c a n r i d e o n ' e m . "

" L o o k , n o h a n d s , " c r i e d B o b a s h e r o d e a l o n g t h e t w o - b y - f o u r s , a r m s o u t t h e f r o n t w i n d o w .

A c h e e r w e n t u p . " W e ' l l r u n t w o - b y -f o u r s all t h e w a y i n t o t h e c i t y — a n d t h e n n o o n e wi l l h a v e t o s t e e r . W e ' l l ca l l it a ' r a i l - r o a d . ' "

T i m e p a s s e d a n d B o b ' s i d e a s w e p t t h e n a t i o n . A n d t h e m e n t a l g e a r s k e p t s l i p ­p i n g i n t o p l a c e . S t ee l r a i l s r e p l a c e d w o o d , e n g i n e s a n d s t e e r i n g w h e e l s w e r e lef t o u t o f t h e t o w e d c a r s , al l t h e b r a k e s w e r e h o o k e d u p i n t o o n e s y s t e m , a n i m ­

p a c t c o u p l i n g r e p l a c e d t h e b u m p e r h i t c h . B o b w a s h o n o r e d b y a b ig d i n n e r i n

W a s h i n g t o n . M a y o r a f t e r m a y o r p r a i s e d B o b t o t h e sk i e s f o r s a v i n g h i s c i t y . " O u r p a r k s w e r e t u r n i n g i n t o p a r k i n g l o t s , o u r b i g g e s t b u i l d i n g s w e r e g a r a g e s , a n d o u r traffic w a s fas t b e c o m i n g m o t i o n l e s s , " w a s w h a t t h e y all s a i d .

" I j u s t c a n ' t see w h y n o b o d y t h o u g h t of t h e t r a i n a n d t h e r a i l r o a d b e f o r e , " w a s B o b ' s m o d e s t r e p l y . " I t s s o logical. Y o u d o n ' t n e e d all t h o s e d r i v e r s , y o u d o n ' t n e e d all t h o s e e n g i n e s . Y o u t a k e u p so l i t t l e r o o m — a r a i l - r o a d is so n a r r o w . A n d n o t h i n g , b u t n o t h i n g , m o v e s a l o n g s o e a s y a s a s tee l w h e e l r o l l i n g o n a s t ee l r a i l . T h i n k of all t h e s a v i n g s !

" A n d w e h a v e n ' t s e e n t h e h a l f of it y e t . W e c a n b u i l d s p e c i a l c a r s t o h a u l c o a l , l u m b e r , s t ee l , f r u i t , v e g e t a b l e s -e v e n n e w a u t o m o b i l e s o u t of D e t r o i t . W h y , I p r e d i c t t h a t t h e f r e i g h t t r a i n wi l l

b e c o m e e v e n m o r e i m p o r t a n t t h a n t h e p a s s e n g e r t r a i n . "

T h e r e w a s a b u z z i n g a t t h e t a b l e s . " A f r e i g h t t r a i n ? " E y e b r o w s l i f t ed , s h o u l d e r s s h r u g g e d .

" H a v e I g o n e t o o f a r ? " w o n d e r e d B o b . T h e n h e r e m e m b e r e d w h a t W i n s t o n

C h u r c h i l l s a i d w h e n a s k e d h o w h e e n d e d a s p e e c h .

" W h e n i t ' s t i m e a n d I c o m e t o a g r o u p of w o r d s c o n t a i n i n g b o t h a s u b j e c t a n d a p r e d i c a t e , I si t d o w n , " r e p l i e d C h u r c h i l l .

B o b sa t d o w n . R e c o v e r i n g , h i s l i s t e n e r s r o s e t o g i v e

h i m a s t a n d i n g o v a t i o n . T h e y w e r e five h u n d r e d m i n d s w i t h b u t a s i n g l e t h o u g h t : " W h y d i d n ' t s o m e o n e t h i n k o f a t r a i n a n d a r a i l - r o a d b e f o r e ? "

M o r a l : If t h e t r a i n h a d c o m e a l o n g after t h e c a r , t r u c k a n d p l a n e , it w o u l d h a v e b e e n h a i l e d a s a g r e a t s t e p a h e a d .

—George Dusenbury

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C h a r l e s B . F l e m i n g h a s b e e n a p ­p o i n t e d t o t h e p o s i t i o n o f A s s i s t a n t t o V i c e P r e s i d e n t - S p e c i a l P r o j e c t s i n t h e O p e r a t i n g D e p a r t m e n t w i t h h e a d q u a r ­t e r s i n N e w Y o r k .

A n a t i v e o f J e r s e y S h o r e , P a . , M r . F l e m i n g s t a r t e d h i s C e n t r a l c a r e e r in t h e T r a n s p o r t a t i o n D e p a r t m e n t a t A l b a n y , N . Y . , in 1 9 2 3 . A d v a n c i n g t h r o u g h a n u m b e r of p o s i t i o n s a t v a r i o u s l o c a t i o n s , h e b e c a m e G e n e r a l M a n a g e r o f t h e N e w Y o r k D i s t r i c t in 1 9 5 8 a n d in 1 9 6 5 w a s a p p o i n t e d G e n e r a l M a n a g e r o f t h e I n ­d i a n a H a r b o r Be l t R a i l r o a d , t h e p o s i t i o n h e h e l d p r i o r t o h i s p r e s e n t a s s i g n m e n t .

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D o n a l d B . F l e m i n g h a s b e e n a p ­p o i n t e d t o t h e p o s i t i o n o f G e n e r a l M a n ­a g e r w i t h h e a d q u a r t e r s in H a m m o n d , I n d .

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i n 1 9 2 9 in N e w Y o r k C i t y . A f t e r s e r v ­i n g i n v a r i o u s t r a n s p o r t a t i o n p o s t s , h e w a s n a m e d A s s i s t a n t D i v i s i o n S u p e r i n ­t e n d e n t a t V a n W e r t , O . in 1 9 4 4 . I n J a n u a r y , 1 9 5 3 , h e w a s p r o m o t e d t o D i v i ­s i o n S u p e r i n t e n d e n t a t C h i c a g o . H e l a t e r b e c a m e G e n e r a l S u p e r i n t e n d e n t f o r t h e P i t t s b u r g h & L a k e E r i e R a i l r o a d a n d in A u g u s t , 1 9 5 7 , w a s a p p o i n t e d G e n e r a l M a n a g e r f o r t h e P & L E a t P i t t s b u r g h . I n F e b r u a r y , 1 9 6 5 , h e w a s n a m e d G e n ­e r a l M a n a g e r o f t h e W e s t e r n D i s t r i c t , t h e p o s i t i o n h e h e l d p r i o r t o h i s n e w a p p o i n t m e n t .

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R i c h a r d B . H a s s e l m a n h a s b e e n a p ­p o i n t e d t o t h e p o s i t i o n o f G e n e r a l M a n ­a g e r w i t h h e a d q u a r t e r s in C l e v e l a n d .

M r . H a s s e l m a n b e g a n h i s r a i l r o a d c a r e e r w i t h t h e C e n t r a l i n 1 9 4 7 a s a s t u d e n t e n g i n e e r , h e l a t e r e n t e r e d t h e T r a n s p o r t a t i o n D e p a r t m e n t , w o r k i n g in v a r i o u s j o b s . I n 1 9 5 7 h e b e c a m e D i v i ­s i o n S u p e r i n t e n d e n t of t h e B o s t o n a n d A l b a n y D i v i s i o n . L a t e r h e w a s n a m e d W e s t e r n D i s t r i c t T r a n s p o r t a t i o n S u p e r ­i n t e n d e n t a t C l e v e l a n d . H e w a s a p ­p o i n t e d G e n e r a l M a n a g e r o f t h e N o r t h ­e r n D i s t r i c t i n J a n u a r y , 1 9 6 4 . I n S e p t e m b e r , 1 9 6 4 , h e w a s n a m e d G e n ­e r a l M a n a g e r o f t h e S o u t h e r n D i s t r i c t , t h e p o s i t i o n h e h e l d p r i o r t o h i s p r e s e n t a p p o i n t m e n t .

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J e r e m y T a y l o r h a s b e e n a p p o i n t e d t o t h e p o s i t i o n o f G e n e r a l M a n a g e r w i t h h e a d q u a r t e r s in I n d i a n a p o l i s .

M r . T a y l o r s t a r t e d h i s c a r e e r w i t h t h e C e n t r a l i n N o v e m b e r 1 9 5 2 a s a t r a i n e e a t N e w Y o r k , h e w a s t r a n s f e r r e d t o I n ­d i a n a p o l i s in 1 9 5 3 a s A s s i s t a n t S u p e r ­v i s o r o f t h e P o w e r C o n t r o l off ice . I n 1 9 6 2 h e w a s n a m e d A s s i s t a n t T r a i n ­m a s t e r a t T o l e d o a n d t h e n w a s p r o m o t e d t o T e r m i n a l S u p e r i n t e n d e n t a t E a s t S t . L o u i s , Ill. in 1 9 6 3 . S u b s e q u e n t l y h e b e ­c a m e T r a n s p o r t a t i o n S u p e r i n t e n d e n t a t C h i c a g o in l a t e 1 9 6 3 , T r a n s p o r t a t i o n S u p e r i n t e n d e n t a t B u f f a l o i n 1 9 6 4 , D i v i ­s i o n S u p e r i n t e n d e n t a t B u f f a l o in 1 9 6 5 a n d D i s t r i c t T r a n s p o r t a t i o n S u p e r i n ­t e n d e n t a t N e w Y o r k i n 1 9 6 6 . I n J a n u ­a r y , 1 9 6 7 h e w a s a p p o i n t e d D i s t r i c t T r a n s p o r t a t i o n S u p e r i n t e n d e n t a t C l e v e ­l a n d , t h e p o s i t i o n h e h e l d p r i o r t o h i s p r e s e n t a p p o i n t m e n t .

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H e a t o n L . B u l l o c k h a s b e e n a p p o i n t e d t o t h e p o s i t i o n o f F r e i g h t S a l e s M a n a g e r w i t h h e a d q u a r t e r s i n St . L o u i s , M o .

M r . B u l l o c k first j o i n e d t h e C e n t r a l a t S p r i n g f i e l d , M a s s . , in 1 9 5 3 a s a L e v e r m a n - T e l e g ­r a p h e r . A f t e r s e r v ­i ce in t h e U . S . A r m y h e j o i n e d t h e R u t l a n d R a i l w a y in 1 9 5 6 w h e r e h e s e r v e d in v a r i o u s

H e r e j o i n e d N Y C a s D i s t r i c t F r e i g h t S a l e s m a n a t C h a r l e s t o n , W . V a . , i n 1 9 6 1 , a n d w a s p r o m o t e d t o A s s i s t a n t M a n a g e r o f F l e x i - V a n S a l e s & S e r v i c e a t C l e v e l a n d , i n 1 9 6 3 . H e w a s p r o m o t e d t o D i v i s i o n F r e i g h t S a l e s M a n a g e r a t C o l u m b u s in 1 9 6 4 , t h e p o s i ­t i o n h e h e l d u n t i l h i s p r e s e n t a p p o i n t ­m e n t .

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p o i n t e d S u p e r v i s o r of C a r U t i l i z a t i o n w i t h h e a d q u a r t e r s in S y r a c u s e , N . Y .

M r . M c G u i n n e s s s t a r t e d w i t h t h e C e n t r a l a s a L o c o m o t i v e F i r e m a n o n t h e E r i e D i v i s i o n in 1 9 4 2 . H e w a s p r o m o t e d t o R o a d F o r e m a n a t C o r n i n g , N . Y . , in 1 9 5 9 a n d b e c a m e T r a i n m a s t e r in 1 9 6 1 . H e m o v e d t o S y r a c u s e a s T r a i n m a s t e r i n 1 9 6 3 a n d m o v e d t o F u l t o n , N . Y . , in t h e s a m e c a p a c i t y i n J a n u a r y , 1 9 6 7 .

W i l l i a m H . B e n n e t t w a s n a m e d T r a i n ­m a s t e r a t F u l t o n , N . Y . , s u c c e e d i n g M r . M c G u i n n e s s .

M r . B e n n e t t s t a r t e d a s a M e s s e n g e r a t D e W i t t Y a r d in 1 9 4 1 . H e s e r v e d a t D e W i t t s u c c e s s i v e l y a s C l e r k , Y a r d -m a s t e r , A s s i s t a n t G e n e r a l Y a r d m a s t e r , G e n e r a l Y a r d m a s t e r , a n d , s i n c e 1 9 6 1 , a s T r a i n m a s t e r .

J o h n E . Oldf i e ld w a s a p p o i n t e d T r a i n ­m a s t e r a t D e W i t t Y a r d , S y r a c u s e , s u c ­c e e d i n g M r . B e n n e t t .

M r . O l d f i e l d s t a r t e d w i t h N Y C as a S w i t c h t e n d e r i n 1 9 4 2 . H e w o r k e d a t D e W i t t Y a r d a s a B r a k e m a n , R e l i e f A s ­s i s t a n t G e n e r a l Y a r d m a s t e r a n d Y a r d -m a s t e r a n d in 1 9 6 1 w a s a p p o i n t e d G e n -

Thomas P. McGuinness W i l l i a m H. Bennett

e r a l Y a r d m a s t e r . I n 1 9 6 3 h e b e c a m e T r a i n m a s t e r a t C o r n i n g , N . Y . , a n d in 1 9 6 4 a t N e w b e r r y J u n c t i o n , P a . L a t e r t h a t s a m e y e a r h e m o v e d t o R o c h e s t e r a s T e r m i n a l T r a i n m a s t e r .

J a m e s W . M e a d o w s , Jr. w a s n a m e d T e r m i n a l T r a i n m a s t e r a t R o c h e s t e r s u c ­c e e d i n g M r . O l d f i e l d .

M r . M e a d o w s s t a r t e d a s a b r a k e m a n a t D i c k i n s o n , W . V a . , i n 1 9 4 2 , w h e r e h e w o r k e d a s C o n d u c t o r , E x t r a Y a r d m a s t e r a n d Y a r d m a s t e r . I n 1 9 5 8 h e m o v e d t o C h a r l e s t o n , W . V a . , a s T r a i n m a s t e r a n d t h e n t o P o r t a g e , I n d . , i n 1 9 6 2 a n d R o c k -p o r t Y a r d in 1 9 6 4 , a n d E l k h a r t , I n d . , in 1 9 6 5 .

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T h e N e w Y o r k C e n t r a l S y s t e m , i n its b e l i e f t h a t its success a s a c o m ­p a n y d e p e n d s u p o n h i r i n g t h e b e s t q u a l i f i e d p e o p l e , h a s a c l e a r a n d f i r m p o l i c y o f e q u a l e m p l o y m e n t o p p o r ­t u n i t y .

In k e e p i n g w i t h th is p o l i c y , t h e C o m p a n y d o e s n o t p e r m i t d i s c r i m i n a ­t i o n in r e c r u i t m e n t , e m p l o y m e n t , c o m ­p e n s a t i o n , p r o m o t i o n o r a n y o t h e r a s p e c t o f e m p l o y m e n t b e c a u s e o f r a c e , c r e e d , c o l o r , n a t i o n a l o r i g i n , s e x o r a g e . T h e C o m p a n y w i l l t a k e p o s i t i v e , c o n t i n u i n g a c t i o n t o i n s u r e c o n t i n u e d r e a l i z a t i o n o f t h i s p o l i c y .

E r n e s t A . M i s s i g m a n h a s b e e n n a m e d T r a i n m a s t e r a t S u s p e n s i o n B r i d g e , N . Y .

M r . M i s s i g m a n s t a r t e d w i t h N Y C as a M o h a w k D i v i s i o n F i r e m a n in 1 9 4 1 . Q u a l i f i e d a s a n E n g i n e e r in 1 9 4 7 , p r o ­m o t e d t o P a s s e n g e r E n g i n e e r in 1 9 5 3 , a n d a p p o i n t e d R o a d F o r e m a n in 1 9 6 3 a t C o r n i n g , N . Y . , h e h a s b e e n t r a i n m a s t e r a t N e w b e r r y J u n c t i o n , P a . s i n c e 1 9 6 4 .

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C h r i s t o p h e r J . B u r g e r h a s b e e n a p ­p o i n t e d T r a i n m a s t e r a t N e w b e r r y J u n c ­t i o n , P a .

M r . B u r g e r b e g a n h i s c a r e e r w i t h N Y C as a S i g n a l H e l p e r in 1 9 5 9 a t N e w Y o r k . H e h e l d v a r i o u s p o s i t i o n s in t h e S i g n a l a n d T r a n s p o r t a t i o n D e p a r t m e n t s a n d in 1 9 6 3 w a s a p p o i n t e d F r e i g h t T r a n s p o r t a t i o n I n s p e c t o r a t N e w Y o r k . I n 1 9 6 4 h e w a s p r o m o t e d t o G e n e r a l Y a r d m a s t e r a t C o l l i n w o o d , O . , a n d i n 1 9 6 5 w a s m a d e A s s i s t a n t T r a i n m a s t e r a t P o r t a g e , I n d . , a n d l a t e r t h a t s a m e y e a r w e n t t o E n g l e w o o d , Ill., i n t h e s a m e c a p a c i t y . I n 1 9 6 6 h e w a s a p p o i n t e d M a n a g e r of C o a l a n d O r e T r a n s p o r t a t i o n a t N e w Y o r k .

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R o b e r t W . M i n o r h a s b e e n a p p o i n t e d t o t h e n e w p o s i t i o n o f V i c e P r e s i d e n t -E x e c u t i v e D e p a r t m e n t a n d J a m e s B . G r a y h a s b e e n n a m e d V i c e P r e s i d e n t a n d G e n e r a l C o u n s e l .

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M r . M i n o r h a s b e e n C e n t r a l ' s V i c e P r e s i d e n t - L a w s i n c e O c t o b e r , 1 9 5 8 , a n d M r . G r a y h a s b e e n G e n e r a l C o u n s e l s i n c e M a r c h , 1 9 5 6 .

I n h i s n e w p o s t , M r . M i n o r wi l l c o n ­t i n u e t o h a v e j u r i s d i c t i o n o v e r t h e L a w D e p a r t m e n t , a n d h e a l s o wi l l h a v e o v e r ­a l l r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r d e v e l o p i n g a n d m a i n t a i n i n g i n t e r - c o r p o r a t e , e x t e r n a l a n d c o m m u n i t y r e l a t i o n s , a s w e l l a s m a n a g e m e n t p e r s o n n e l a d m i n i s t r a t i o n .

P r i o r t o j o i n i n g t h e C e n t r a l , M r . M i n o r w a s a C o m m i s s i o n e r of t h e I n t e r ­s t a t e C o m m e r c e C o m m i s s i o n f r o m F e b ­r u a r y , 1 9 5 6 , t o S e p t e m b e r , 1 9 5 8 . B e ­f o r e t h a t h e s e r v e d a s A s s i s t a n t C o u n s e l f o r t h e U . S. S e n a t e S u b - c o m m i t t e e o n I n v e s t i g a t i o n s f r o m A u g u s t , 1 9 4 8 , t o J a n u a r y , 1 9 4 9 , a n d A d m i n i s t r a t i v e A s ­s i s t a n t t o S e n a t o r J o h n W . B r i c k e r o f O h i o f r o m F e b r u a r y , 1 9 4 9 , t o J a n u a r y , 1 9 5 3 .

M r . M i n o r w a s A s s i s t a n t D e p u t y A t ­t o r n e y G e n e r a l in t h e U . S. D e p a r t m e n t o f J u s t i c e f o r t h r e e y e a r s b e f o r e a p ­p o i n t m e n t t o t h e I . C . C .

M r . G r a y j o i n e d t h e C e n t r a l in 1 9 5 1 a s a C o m m e r c e A s s i s t a n t in t h e L a w D e p a r t m e n t a n d w a s n a m e d A s s i s t a n t G e n e r a l C o u n s e l in 1 9 5 3 .

F. L. Kattau

B e f o r e c o m i n g t o t h e C e n t r a l , M r . G r a y w a s C o m m e r c e A t t o r n e y f o r t h e I l l i n o i s C e n t r a l R a i l r o a d f r o m 1 9 4 2 t o 1 9 4 6 , a n d s e r v e d a s C o m m e r c e A t t o r n e y f o r T r u s t e e s of t h e t h e n b a n k r u p t M i s ­s o u r i P a c i f i c R a i l r o a d C o m p a n y f r o m 1 9 4 6 t o 1 9 5 1 .

F . L . K a t t a u h a s b e e n a p p o i n t e d t o t h e n e w p o s i t i o n o f A s s i s t a n t V i c e P r e s ­i d e n t - E x e c u t i v e D e p a r t m e n t .

M r . K a t t a u ' s d u ­t i e s wi l l i n v o l v e r e ­s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r C e n t r a l ' s m a n a g e ­m e n t p l a n n i n g a n d p e r s o n n e l a d m i n i s ­t r a t i o n , o t h e r t h a n l a b o r r e l a t i o n s . T h e s e d u t i e s i n ­c l u d e r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r o r g a n i z a t i o n p l a n n i n g , s a l a r y a d m i n i s t r a t i o n , m a n a g e ­m e n t d e v e l o p m e n t , t r a i n i n g , r e c r u i t m e n t a n d e m p l o y m e n t .

I n a d d i t i o n , h e w i l l c o n t i n u e t o b e r e ­s p o n s i b l e fo r c o o r d i n a t i n g t h e P e n n -C e n t r a l m e r g e r p l a n n i n g e f for t s of all N e w Y o r k C e n t r a l d e p a r t m e n t s .

H e wi l l a l s o h a v e j u r i s d i c t i o n o v e r t h e T r a n s p o r t a t i o n a n d E c o n o m i c R e s e a r c h g r o u p .

A n a t i v e of N e w Y o r k , M r . K a t t a u j o i n e d N Y C ' s E n g i n e e r i n g D e p a r t m e n t in 1 9 2 5 . H e t r a n s f e r r e d t o t h e E x e c u ­t ive V i c e P r e s i d e n t ' s office in N o v e m b e r , 1 9 4 2 , a n d w a s n a m e d S e c r e t a r y t o t h e P r e s i d e n t in A u g u s t , 1 9 5 2 .

M r . K a t t a u w a s a p p o i n t e d C e n t r a l ' s A s s i s t a n t D i r e c t o r of A d m i n i s t r a t i v e P l a n n i n g in D e c e m b e r , 1 9 5 6 ; D i r e c t o r of O r g a n i z a t i o n P l a n n i n g in J u l y , 1 9 5 7 ; E x e c u t i v e A s s i s t a n t - O f f i c e of t h e P r e s i ­d e n t in N o v e m b e r , 1 9 5 8 ; a n d A s s i s t a n t t o P r e s i d e n t - A d m i n i s t r a t i o n in F e b r u a r y , 1 9 6 4 , t h e p o s i t i o n h e h e l d p r i o r t o h i s n e w a p p o i n t m e n t .

A s s i s t a n t T e r m i n a l S u p e r i n t e n d e n t a t D e W i t t Y a r d , S y r a c u s e .

M r . C o n k l i n s t a r t e d w i t h t h e C e n t r a l a s a S w i t c h t e n d e r a t E a s t S y r a c u s e i n 1 9 4 1 . H e s e r v e d s u c c e s s i v e l y in S y r a c u s e a s a Y a r d B r a k e m a n , Y a r d m a s t e r a n d in 1 9 5 6 w a s n a m e d G e n e r a l Y a r d m a s t e r . I n 1 9 5 7 h e w a s a p p o i n t e d T r a i n m a s t e r a t R o c h e s t e r a n d in 1 9 6 1 h e m o v e d t o U t i c a , N . Y . , a n d R o c k p o r t , O . in 1 9 6 3 . H e b e c a m e T r a n s p o r t a t i o n S u p e r i n t e n d ­e n t a t D e t r o i t i n 1 9 6 4 a n d h a s b e e n T r a i n m a s t e r a t K a l a m a z o o , M i c h , s i n c e 1 9 6 5 .

RAIL QUIZ Answers on page 13

1. W h a t is t h e d i f f e r e n c e b e t w e e n m i l e s o f r a i l r o a d a n d m i l e s of t r a c k ?

2 . W h a t is t h e r i g h t - o f - w a y ? 3 . H o w m a n y r a i l w a y b r i d g e s a r e t h e r e

in t h i s c o u n t r y ? 4 . W h a t is m e a n t b y " c o n s i s t " ? 5 . W h a t is a t o n - m i l e ? 6. W h a t is d e m u r r a g e ?

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F I R S T C L A S S . . .

in the Eastern Distr ict 's Y a r d Clerical T ra in ing Program at Syracuse was con ­ducted by Superv iso rs of T e r m i n a l Pro­cedures T ra in ing (Standing left to right) Wil l iam W. Hickey of Sy racuse and J o h n Dun leavy of N e w York. S tudents in the pilot class were (seated, left to right) Leonard Barr, Clerical T ra inee , DeWitt, N. Y. ; Richard J . Roberts , M C R Clerk, West Spr ingf ield, Mass. ; Bruce A. S m i t h , Clerical T ra inee , DeWitt; Frederick Gentz , Clerical T ra inee , DeWitt; a n d Dana W. Pearson, MCR Clerk, F r a m i n g h a m , Mass. (Detai ls on this t raining p r o g r a m were covered in the May, 1967 Headlight

C O M P U T E R - F E D T E L E V I S I O N . . .

N Y C ' s Car -D isp lay device which enables clerks to instantaneous ly prov ide f re ight car in format ion is expla ined to m e m b e r s of the Detroit Chapter of Delta N u A lpha , national t ranspor tat ion f raternity by Martin H o w e (center ) , N Y C ' s Manager of C u s t o m e r Sales and Service Center in Detroit.

HIGHLIGHTS

R A I L R O A D M E R I T B A D G E C A N D I D A T E S . . . f r o m Boy Scout T r o o p 59, Weedsport , N. Y . were given a demonst ra t ion on h o w New York Centra l 's Flexi -Van operat ion works. Frank J . Welch ( left ) , New Y o r k Central T r a n s p o r t T e r m i n a l Manager , Sy racuse , was on hand to explain the operat ion to the Scouts .

R A I L R U N F O R R A I N B O W . . . Chalk up a n o t h e r first f o r Flexi -Van. T h i s v a n l o a d o f toys p roduced by Rainbow Crafts C o m p a n y , subs id iary of General Mills, Inc., C in ­cinnati , was the first of eleven such s h i p m e n t s to L iverpool , England, via Flexi -Van and C u n a r d Lines. Officials on hand for departure of the first s h i p m e n t include left to right: Frank Sterrett, Traff ic Manager f o r Rainbow Crafts; Ron Stahl , Flexi-Van District Freight S a l e s m a n , and Lewis W. Fritsche, Flexi -Van Freight Sales Manager, both of Cincinnati ; N o r m a n Vickers, general m a n a g e r of Ra inbow Crafts ; J o h n M. Burke, N Y C ' s Cincinnati Freight Sales Manager , a n d J o h n J . F lanagan, District Representat ive f o r C u n a r d Lines.

W O M E N O N T H E M O V E . . . Af ter two years as President of the W o m e n ' s Traff ic C lub of Chicago, Jan ice K. Harper ( left ) , Chief Clerk in N Y C ' s Flexi -Van Sales and Service Depar tment at Chicago, re l inquishes her gavel to Hazel C. A n d e r s o n , Office Ass istant in the Freight Sales D e p a r t m e n t of T h e Milwaukee Road . Miss H a r p e r was Presi­dent of the C lub f r o m J u n e of 1965 to J u n e of 1967.

D E F E N S I V E T A C T I C S . . . and how to use t h e m was one of the subjects covered in the last phase of N Y C ' s P o l i c e T r a i n i n g S c h o o l ( s e e March, 1967, Headl ight ) . J o s e p h W. Sar-gis, ( r ight ) N Y C M a n a g e m e n t Ana lys t and f o r m e r FBI Special Agent, g ives a d e m o n s t r a t i o n to Robert F. Aeil lo, as Martin Beaul ieo ( left) and Rick Y o u n g s practice in the background . Men are f r o m N Y C ' s Nor thern District, with head ­quarters in Detroit.

E A S T E R N D I S T R I C T T R A C K F O R E M E N ' S T R A I N I N G S C H O O L S T U D E N T S . . . took t ime out f r o m thei r busy schedule to pose fo r th is picture. T h e week- long course covered the latest advances in maintenance of way work a n d included two field tr ips which prov ided an oppor tun i t y f o r the m e n to make a personal inspect ion of the latest e q u i p m e n t now being used .

George W . Hoffman Southern District

Police Chief

NYC POLICE CHIEF HAS SOLVED SOME UNUSUAL CRIMES By Farwell C. Rhodes, J r .

T H E G E N E R A L ' S G U A R D . . . G u a r d i n g spe­cial passenger trains is one of the scores of duties performed by Central police. G e o r g e W . Hoffman, N Y C ' s Southern Dis­trict Police Chief, is shown supervising pro­tection of the famous old Civil W a r Loco­motive, The G e n e r a l , when it a p p e a r e d in Indianapolis during the Hoosier sesquicen-tennial celebration. The Genera l is owned by the Louisville & Nashvil le Railroad, but it came under the protective custody of N Y C police when it moved over Central tracks.

^ I m a g i n e a c r i m e s o c o m p l i c a t e d i t i n v o l v e d j a c k i n g u p 5 0 , 0 0 0 - p o u n d r a i l ­r o a d f r e i g h t c a r s in o r d e r t o s t e a l t h e i r s o l i d b r a s s . . . a n d h i g h l y v a l u a b l e . . . a x l e b e a r i n g s ?

I t a c t u a l l y h a p p e n e d a n d t h e s p r e e o f t h e n o t o r i o u s " b r a s s b e a r i n g b u r g l a r s " w a s f ina l ly s m a s h e d b y a n a l e r t N e w Y o r k C e n t r a l R a i l r o a d p o l i c e m a n , G e o r g e W . H o f f m a n of I n d i a n a p o l i s .

H o f f m a n d e m o n s t r a t e d h e h a d e v e n m o r e " b r a s s " t h a n t h e b u r g l a r s , b u t o f a d i f f e r e n t v a r i e t y — t h e k i n d t h a t d e n o t e s c o u r a g e , b o l d n e s s a n d d a r i n g u n d e r f i re .

T o d a y H o f f m a n is P o l i c e C h i e f o f N e w Y o r k C e n t r a l ' s S o u t h e r n D i s t r i c t w i t h h e a d q u a r t e r s i n I n d i a n a p o l i s . H e c o m m a n d s a 6 4 - m a n c o n t i n g e n t of r a i l ­r o a d p o l i c e w h o p a t r o l 3 , 5 0 0 m i l e s o f N Y C r i g h t - o f - w a y in p o r t i o n s of s e v e n s t a t e s — I n d i a n a , M i c h i g a n , O h i o , W e s t V i r g i n i a , K e n t u c k y , I l l i n o i s a n d M i s ­s o u r i .

T h e y e a r w a s 1 9 5 5 w h e n H o f f m a n c r a c k e d t h e r i n g of b e a r i n g b u r g l a r s , w h o w e r e t h e s c o u r g e o f m i d w e s t e r n r a i l r o a d s . T h e y h a d s t o l e n $ 1 2 , 0 0 0 w o r t h o f b e a r i n g s f r o m N Y C a l o n e a n d m a d e s i m i l a r f o r a y s a g a i n s t o t h e r r a i l ­r o a d s , p a r t i c u l a r l y in t h e C h i c a g o a r e a , t h e w o r l d ' s l a r g e s t r a i l t e r m i n a l .

T h e r e w e r e f o u r m e m b e r s o f t h e y o u t h f u l g a n g , a l l f r o m G a r y , I n d .

T h e i r m o d u s o p e r a n d i w a s t o s p o t f r e i g h t c a r s o n a s i d i n g o r in s o m e r e ­m o t e s e c t i o n o f a f r e i g h t y a r d a n d in t h e p r o t e c t i v e d a r k n e s s o f n i g h t t o h o i s t t h e m v i a h y d r a u l i c j a c k s , d i s a s s e m b l e t h e j o u r n a l b o x e s t h a t h o u s e t h e a x l e s a n d s t r i p o u t t h e b e a r i n g s f r o m i n s i d e t h e j o u r n a l s . T h e l o o t w a s t h e n s o l d t o j u n k c o m p a n i e s . I t w a s a n a l m o s t u n ­b e l i e v a b l y b o l d c r i m e , r e q u i r i n g h a r d

w o r k , p l e n t y of t i m e a n d m e c h a n i c a l e x p e r t i s e .

F o r t v i l l e , I n d . w a s t h e g a n g ' s W a t e r ­l o o . T h e y h a d b e e n s t r i p p i n g N Y C c a r s in t h a t a r e a a n d C h i e f H o f f m a n — t h e n a N Y C P o l i c e L i e u t e n a n t — c a u g h t t w o of t h e b a n d i t s in t h e a c t w h i l e t w o o t h e r s w e r e s e r v i n g as " l o o k o u t s " i n a n e a r b y g e t - a w a y c a r . H o f f m a n s i n g l e - h a n d e d l y c a p t u r e d t w o of t h e b a n d i t s a n d t h e o t h e r t w o w e r e s u b s e q u e n t l y a p p r e h e n d e d a f t e r t h e i r p a r t n e r s c o n f e s s e d . A l l r e ­c e i v e d s e n t e n c e s a n d fines.

A n o t h e r e p i s o d e w a s t h u s c o n c l u d e d in t h e l i fe a n d t i m e s o f N e w Y o r k C e n ­t r a l ' s o w n " g a n g b u s t e r s , " w h o s e e x p l o i t s a r e o f t e n v e r y n e a r l y a s b i z a r r e a s t h e f i c t i ona l " G a n g b u s t e r s " o f y e s t e r y e a r r a d i o f a m e .

T h e s t o r y of r a i l r o a d p o l i c i n g g o e s b a c k t o p r e - C i v i l W a r d a y s w h e n e i g h t r a i l r o a d s in t h e C h i c a g o a r e a , a n x i o u s t o p r o t e c t t h e i r p a s s e n g e r s a n d f r e i g h t l a d ­i n g , b e c a m e t h e first m a j o r c l i e n t o f t h a t f a m o u s p r i v a t e e y e , A l l e n P i n k e r t o n .

L a t e r c a m e t h e i n f a m o u s t r a i n r o b b e r y e r a o f J e s s e J a m e s a n d t h e Y o u n g e r B r o t h e r s a n d t h i n g s g o t s o b a d t h a t t h e i n d i v i d u a l r a i l r o a d s d e c i d e d t o o r g a n i z e t h e i r o w n p o l i c e f o r c e s . T h e N Y C p o l i c e d e p a r t m e n t w a s o r g a n i z e d s o o n a f t e r t h e t u r n o f t h e c e n t u r y a n d t h e B i g F o u r R a i l r o a d , w h i c h in 1 9 3 0 b e c a m e a p a r t o f N Y C , o r g a n i z e d i t s P o l i c e D e p a r t ­m e n t a b o u t 1 9 1 0 .

T o d a y A l b e r t J . T u o h y , a h i g h l y e x p e r i e n c e d , c o m p e t e n t e x - F B I a g e n t is D i r e c t o r of S e c u r i t y f o r N Y C , t h e h e a d o f i ts 5 0 0 - m a n S y s t e m - w i d e P o l i c e D e ­p a r t m e n t .

T h e w i d e r a n g e o f c r i m e s i n v e s t i g a t e d a n d d u t i e s p e r f o r m e d b y N Y C p o l i c e

10 N e w York Central Headl ight

POINTERS O N P O L I C I N G . . . N Y C Policeman Melvin McFadden (center), from Lawrence-burg, Ind. , gets some pointers on handcuffing technique from ex-FBI special agent Joseph W . Sargis (right) at N Y C ' s Police Training School in Indianapolis. Viewing the demonstration is G e o r g e W . Hoffman, Police Chief for N Y C ' s Southern District.

w o u l d c h a l l e n g e t h e m e t t l e o f a n y p o l i c e ­m a n . T h e r e a r e c a r g o t h e f t s , t h e f t s o f c o m p a n y p r o p e r t y a n d t o o l s f r o m t h e r a i l r o a d r i g h t - o f - w a y , j u v e n i l e v a n d a l i s m s u c h a s r o c k - t h r o w i n g a t t r a i n s a n d w i l l ­fu l ly p e r p e t r a t e d d e r a i l m e n t s , g u a r d d u t y o n c h a r t e r e d t r a i n s s u c h a s p r e s i d e n t i a l c a m p a i g n s p e c i a l s , f r a u d u l e n t f r e i g h t d a m a g e c l a i m s , r a i l - h i g h w a y c r o s s i n g s u i c i d e s , a n d e v e n m u r d e r . T h e r e is a l s o p l e n t y o f d u l l r o u t i n e s u c h a s s e c u r i t y c h e c k s o n p r o s p e c t i v e e m p l o y e e s a n d s e a l i n g o f b o x c a r s t o p r o t e c t c a r g o .

C h i e f H o f f m a n a n d h i s m e n h a v e b e e n i n t h e t h i c k o f it a l l . I n t h e S o u t h e r n D i s t r i c t a l o n e , N Y C p o l i c e in 1 9 6 6 e f f e c t e d r e s t i t u t i o n o f m o r e t h a n $ 1 7 , 0 0 0 w o r t h o f s t o l e n f r e i g h t ; $ 9 , 0 0 0 w o r t h o f o t h e r s t o l e n a r t i c l e s , m o s t l y c o m p a n y p r o p e r t y . A r r e s t s in t h e d i s t r i c t t o t a l l e d 7 3 o n f e l o n y c h a r g e s , r e s u l t i n g i n a v e r y h i g h r a t e o f c o n v i c t i o n s . T h e r e w e r e a l s o 1 ,600 a r r e s t s f o r m i s d e m e a n o r , m o s t o f t h e m p e r p e t r a t e d b y j u v e n i l e s u b j e c t s .

I n h i s 3 2 y e a r s o f N Y C p o l i c i n g , t h e 6 0 - y e a r - o l d H o f f m a n h a s r u b b e d s h o u l ­d e r s w i t h t h e g r e a t a n d n e a r - g r e a t . H e r e m e m b e r s t h e T r u m a n a n d D e w e y S p e ­c i a l s c r i s s - c r o s s i n g I n d i a n a in ' 4 8 a n d s i z i n g u p t h e i r t r a c k s i d e p e r f o r m a n c e s h e f i g u r e d T r u m a n w o u l d w i n .

" A f t e r l e a v i n g a t r e m e n d o u s I n d i a n ­a p o l i s r e c e p t i o n , P r e s i d e n t T r u m a n s t a y e d u p t o g r e e t a n o t h e r t h o u s a n d w e l l -w i s h e r s a s h i s t r a i n p a s s e d t h r o u g h S h e l -b y v i l l e a t m i d n i g h t . A t G r e e n s b u r g h e d e l i g h t e d h i s i m p r o m p t u a u d i e n c e b y m a k i n g a 1 2 : 3 0 a . m . o b s e r v a t i o n c a r a p p e a r a n c e i n h i s p a j a m a s . D e w e y o n t h e o t h e r h a n d m a d e o n l y s c h e d u l e d , w e l l - r e h e a r s e d a p p e a r a n c e s , " s a y s Hoff­m a n .

H o f f m a n n o t e s t h a t t h e r a i l r o a d p o l i c e o f t h e U . S. a n d C a n a d a r e p r e s e n t t h e l a r g e s t p r i v a t e l y financed p o l i c e o r g a n i ­z a t i o n i n t h e w o r l d , b u t t h a t m u c h of t h e i r s u c c e s s is d u e t o t h e e x t r e m e l y fine c o o p e r a t i o n t h e y r e c e i v e f r o m c i t y , c o u n t y , s t a t e a n d f e d e r a l p o l i c e a n d l a w e n f o r c e m e n t a u t h o r i t i e s .

" W e c a n ' t e m p h a s i z e t h e e x c e l l e n c e of t h e i r c o o p e r a t i o n t o o m u c h , " H o f f m a n s t r e s s e s .

R e c e n t l y , C h i e f H o f f m a n w a s b u s y a r r a n g i n g t r a i n i n g s c h o o l s a r o u n d t h e d i s t r i c t f o r h i s r a i l r o a d t r o o p e r s . T h e s c h o o l s w e r e c o n d u c t e d S y s t e m - w i d e ( s e e M a r c h , 1 9 6 7 , Headlight) b y a n e x - F B I a g e n t , J o s e p h W . S a r g i s , w h o is e x p e r i ­e n c e d in F B I t r a i n i n g m e t h o d s a n d w h o w a s h i r e d b y D i r e c t o r T u o h y t o g i v e t h e d e p a r t m e n t t h e v e r y l a t e s t i n d o c t r i n a t i o n in c r i m i n a l i n v e s t i g a t i v e a n d l ega l p r o ­c e d u r e s .

O n e o f t h e f u n d a m e n t a l s s t r e s s e d i n t h e t r a i n i n g s c h o o l s is t h e n e e d f o r a p o l i c e m a n t o h a v e a p h o t o g r a p h i c m e m o r y .

O n t h i s s c o r e y o u c a n b e t y o u r g o l d b r a i d a n d b a d g e t h a t n o p u p i l in N Y C ' s S o u t h e r n D i s t r i c t is e v e r g o i n g t o o u t ­s h i n e h i s b o s s .

O n e of t h e m o s t a m a z i n g a n d e n t e r ­t a i n i n g d e m o n s t r a t i o n s o f m e m o r y is w h e n C h i e f H o f f m a n in a h u m o r o u s s t y l e r e m i n i s c e n t of W i l l R o g e r s p r e s i d e s a t a r e t i r e m e n t d i n n e r f o r o n e o f h i s of f icers . A c c u r a t e l y a n d w i t h o u t h e s i t a ­t i o n h e i n t r o d u c e s e v e r y g u e s t in t h e

E. W. B r o o k s , S l e e p i n g C a r P o r t e r , w a s c i t e d b y a t r a v e l e r f o r t h e m a n n e r in w h i c h h e p e r f o r m e d h i s d u t i e s . " H e w a s c o u r t e o u s , h e l p f u l a n d s e e m e d t o b e m o s t i n t e r e s t e d i n h i s p a s s e n g e r s ' w e l f a r e . "

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A n e x e c u t i v e f r o m a m a j o r r a d i o n e t ­w o r k te l l s o f t h e c o u r t e o u s a n d ef f ic ient t r e a t m e n t g i v e n h i m b y C e n t r a l p e r s o n ­n e l . H i s i n - l a w s w e r e o n t h e N e w E n g l a n d S t a t e s f r o m C h i c a g o t o B o s t o n .

A d e a t h in t h e f a m i l y , t h e e x e c u t i v e w r i t e s , m a d e it m a n d a t o r y t h a t t h e y r e ­t u r n t o C h i c a g o a s q u i c k l y a s p o s s i b l e . H e r e p o r t s t h a t C e n t r a l p e r s o n n e l o n t h e t r a i n h a n d l e d t h e e n t i r e s i t u a t i o n " w i t h g r e a t u n d e r s t a n d i n g a n d c o u r t e s y . "

H e s u m s u p h i s l e t t e r b y s a y i n g : I n a t i m e w h e n t h e r a i l r o a d i n d u s t r y g e n e r ­a l ly is a s s u m e d b y m a n y t o b e a l m o s t c a l ­l o u s l y i n d i f f e r e n t t o t h e c o m f o r t a n d w e l f a r e o f t h e p a s s e n g e r s , it is g r a t i f y i n g t o b e a b l e t o tel l o u r f r i e n d s t h a t t h e y wil l b e in g o o d h a n d s w i t h t h e N e w Y o r k C e n t r a l . "

r o o m — s o m e t i m e s 1 0 0 p e o p l e — b y first n a m e a n d g i v e s a b i o g r a p h i c a l s k e t c h o f e a c h , i n c l u d i n g f r e q u e n t l y t h e m o s t m i ­n u t e d e t a i l .

N o b o d y e v e r m a k e s t h e m i s t a k e in H o f f m a n ' s p r e s e n c e o f c a s u a l l y d r o p ­p i n g t h a t o l d f a m i l i a r q u i p : " N o w j u s t w h o s e b i r t h d a y d o y o u t h i n k t h i s i s ? "

B e c a u s e , C h i e f H o f f m a n , w i t h h i s r e ­m a r k a b l e m e m o r y , c a n p r o b a b l y te l l y o u e x a c t l y w h o s e b i r t h d a y i t i s .

A p a s s e n g e r , b o a r d i n g a C e n t r a l t r a i n a t D u n k i r k , N . Y . , d r o p p e d h e r g l a s s e s a n d b r o k e t h e f r a m e . S h e te l l s h o w h e r p r o b l e m w a s s o l v e d in a r e c e n t l e t t e r t o C e n t r a l . S h e s a i d t h a t t h e c o n d u c t o r c a m e q u i c k l y t o h e r r e s c u e , b y t a p i n g t h e f r a m e f o r h e r . I n h e r l e t t e r , s h e e x ­p r e s s e d h e r t h a n k s f o r " h e l p b y a n e m ­p l o y e e w h o h a d p a t i e n c e a n d u n d e r ­s t a n d i n g of w h a t it m e a n s t o b e in n e e d of g l a s s e s . "

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A P a t o n t h e B a c k w a s e x t e n d e d t o C e n t r a l ' s D i n i n g & S l e e p i n g C a r S e r v i c e in a r e c e n t l e t t e r f r o m a c u s t o m e r w h o t r a v e l e d o n t h e " N e w E n g l a n d S t a t e s " .

" B o t h t h e f o o d a n d w a i t e r s w e r e e x ­c e l l e n t a n d c o u r t e o u s , r e s p e c t i v e l y . T h e s t e w a r d w a s e x c e p t i o n a l l y g o o d - n a t u r e d a n d m y r o o m e t t e a s c o m f o r t a b l e a n d q u i e t a n d m o s t c o n d u c i v e t o s l e e p .

" B e a s s u r e d o f m y p a t r o n a g e in t h e f u t u r e a n d m y r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s t o m y f r i e n d s . "

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K E R S H A W T I E I N J E C T O R machine was the feature attraction at N Y C ' s Maintenance of W a y School held this spr ing at J u g End , Mass. T h e demonst ra t ion was held on the H a r l e m Divis ion near Craryvi l le, N. Y . Char les T . P o p m a , Assistant Vice President-Engnineer ing, d i rector of the sess ion , watches f r o m the right, as s o m e of the students w h o attended the t w o - d a y sess ions see the mach ine slide a new tie beneath the rails w i thout d isturb ing ties on either side.

A N O T H E R mach ine used in t h e operat ion is the Kershaw Dual T i e Saw, which saws the canter sec­t ion of t h e old tie before it is r e m o v e d .

^ S o t h e r i g h t h a n d wi l l k n o w w h a t t h e left h a n d is d o i n g a n d , k n o w i n g e a c h o t h e r , d o a b e t t e r j o b t o g e t h e r f o r t h e N e w Y o r k C e n t r a l .

T h i s w a s t h e a i m N e w Y o r k C e n t r a l h a d in m i n d w h e n n e a r l y 6 8 0 m e n l i t e r ­a l ly w e n t b a c k t o s c h o o l e a r l i e r t h i s s p r i n g f o r t w o f a c t - c r a m m e d d a y s a t J u g E n d in S o u t h E g r e m o n t , M a s s . , d e e p in t h e B e r k s h i r e M o u n t a i n s .

S c h o o l s p o n s o r w a s t h e M a i n t e n a n c e of W a y D e p a r t m e n t a n d its s u p e r v i s o r s , a s s i s t a n t s u p e r v i s o r s a n d t r a i n e e s w h o c a m e t o S o u t h E g r e m o n t f r o m a l l o v e r t h e S y s t e m . I n a d d i t i o n t o B u i l d i n g & B r i d g e , t r a c k , s i g n a l a n d c o m m u n i c a ­t i o n s a n d e n g i n e e r i n g r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s , t h i s y e a r a t t e n d a n c e w a s s w e l l e d b y t h e d i v i s i o n s u p e r i n t e n d e n t s , s a f e t y s u p e r ­v i s o r s , s t o r e s d e p a r t m e n t p e o p l e , t e c h n i ­c i a n s f r o m N Y C ' s C l e v e l a n d T e c h n i c a l C e n t e r a n d r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s f r o m t h e I n d i a n a H a r b o r Be l t ; P i t t s b u r g h & L a k e E r i e ; T o r o n t o , H a m i l t o n & B u f f a l o ; M i s s o u r i - K a n s a s - T e x a s R a i l r o a d ; L e h i g h V a l l e y a n d R e a d i n g R a i l r o a d .

B e c a u s e o f t h e s i ze o f t h e s t u d e n t b o d y , t h e s c h o o l w a s b r o k e n i n t o t w o s e c t i o n s o f t w o d a y s e a c h . T h e r e w e r e a p p r o x i m a t e l y 3 4 0 s t u d e n t s in e a c h s e c t i o n .

T h e f a c u l t y , h e a d e d b y N Y C ' s C h a r l e s T . P o p m a , A s s i s t a n t V i c e P r e s i d e n t -E n g i n e e r i n g , c o n s i s t e d o f M a i n t e n a n c e of W a y p e o p l e s e l e c t e d o n t h e b a s i s of t h e i r e x p e r i e n c e in t h e v a r i o u s s u b j e c t s t o b e t a u g h t .

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E q u i p m e n t • Y a r d R e h a b i l i t a t i o n • T h i n k i n g A h e a d • M a c h i n e s are M e n • I n s p e c t i o n & R e p a i r • W h o is a S u p e r v i s o r • W e e d C o n t r o l B r u s h C u t t e r s a n d

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T h e h i g h l i g h t o f t h e s e s s i o n w a s a n a c t u a l d e m o n s t r a t i o n o f a T i e I n j e c t o r g a n g in o p e r a t i o n .

C l a s s e s w e r e s e t - u p s o t h a t N Y C O p ­e r a t i n g D i s t r i c t s w e r e s c h e d u l e d a t sp l i t -s e c o n d t i m i n g a n d l a s t e d 5 0 m i n u t e s w i t h a 1 0 - m i n u t e b r e a k b e t w e e n . S c h o o l s t a r t e d t h e first d a y a t 9 : 3 0 a . m . a n d r a n u n t i l 8 : 3 0 p . m . w i t h m e a l a n d cof fee b r e a k s o n l y . A f t e r a 6 : 0 0 a . m . b r e a k f a s t , t h e first s e s s i o n o n t h e s e c o n d d a y w a s 8 : 0 0 a . m . a n d s c h o o l e n d e d a t 3 : 0 0 p . m .

S o c i a l i z i n g w a s p o s s i b l e o n l y d u r i n g t h e o n e - h o u r l u n c h e o n a n d o n e a n d a h a l f - h o u r d i n n e r p e r i o d s . N e v e r t h e l e s s , t h e r e w e r e " t a l k " s e s s i o n s a n d i n t e n s i v e f o l l o w - u p d i s c u s s i o n s l a t e i n t o t h e n i g h t a f t e r t h e first d a y ' s l e c t u r e a n d c l a s s e s .

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1 N A M E ( 2 ) S O C I A L S E C U R I T Y A C C O U N T N U M B E R

C e r t i f i c a t e s o f S e r v i c e a n d C o m p e n ­s a t i o n k n o w n t o r a i l r o a d e r s a s t h e " B A - 6 " h a v e b e e n m a i l e d t o e a c h N e w Y o r k C e n t r a l e m p l o y e e .

F o r m B A - 6 w a s p r e p a r e d f o r e a c h e m p l o y e e w h o q u a l i f i e d f o r b e n e f i t s u n ­d e r t h e R a i l r o a d U n e m p l o y m e n t I n s u r ­a n c e A c t in t h e 1 9 6 7 - 6 8 b e n e f i t y e a r . T o b e q u a l i f i e d f o r u n e m p l o y m e n t o r s i ck ­n e s s b e n e f i t s , a n e m p l o y e e m u s t h a v e e a r n e d a t l ea s t $ 7 5 0 in r a i l r o a d w o r k in c a l e n d a r y e a r 1 9 6 6 , c o u n t i n g n o m o r e t h a n $ 4 0 0 in a n y m o n t h . A l s o , if t h e e m p l o y e e h a d n e w l y e n t e r e d t h e r a i l r o a d i n d u s t r y in 1 9 6 6 , h e m u s t h a v e w o r k e d f o r a r a i l r o a d in a t l e a s t 7 m o n t h s in t h a t y e a r .

A s s h o w n in t h e i l l u s t r a t i o n , t h e f o r m c o n t a i n s t w o d e t a c h a b l e s t u b s f o r u s e in filing f o r u n e m p l o y m e n t a n d s i ck ­n e s s b e n e f i t s . E m p l o y e e s a r e u r g e d t o s u b m i t t h e a p p r o p r i a t e s t u b w i t h t h e i r first c l a i m fo r u n e m p l o y m e n t o r s i c k n e s s b e n e f i t s in t h e b e n e f i t y e a r t h a t b e g i n s J u l y 1, 1 9 6 7 . T h i s wi l l h e l p p r e v e n t d e ­l a y s in t h e p a y m e n t of t h e i r b e n e f i t s .

F o r m B A - 6 a l s o s h o w s t h e e m p l o y e e ' s r e t i r e m e n t c r e d i t s f o r 1 9 6 6 a n d h i s t o t a l r e t i r e m e n t c r e d i t s f o r t h e p e r i o d 1 9 3 7 -6 6 . E m p l o y e e s s h o u l d e x a m i n e t h e i r c o p y o f t h e f o r m t o see if al l t h e i n f o r ­m a t i o n g i v e n a g r e e s w i t h t h e i r r e c o r d s . T h e i t e m s t h a t s h o u l d b e c h e c k e d a r e i n d i c a t e d o n t h e i l l u s t r a t i o n . I t s h o u l d b e n o t e d t h a t a n e m p l o y e e ' s ful l n a m e m a y n o t a p p e a r o n t h e f o r m . O n l y t h e first 1 0 l e t t e r s of t h e e m p l o y e e ' s l a s t n a m e , p l u s 2 i n i t i a l s , a r e s h o w n . I f t h e e m ­p l o y e e finds t h a t t h e i n f o r m a t i o n s h o w n

3 S E R V I C E A N D C O M P E N S A T I O N

C R E D I T E D U N D E R R A I L R O A D

R E T I R E M E N T A C T I N 1 9 6 6

o n h i s f o r m is n o t c o r r e c t , h e s h o u l d r e p o r t t h e e r r o r t o t h e B o a r d .

D i s t r i b u t i o n of t h e s e f o r m s s h o u l d b e c o m p l e t e d b y J u n e 1. E m p l o y e e s w h o d o n o t r e c e i v e a f o r m B A - 6 b u t b e l i e v e t h a t t h e y a r e e n t i t l e d t o o n e s h o u l d w r i t e t o t h e B o a r d . I n s u c h c a s e s , it is e s s e n ­t i a l t h a t t h e y g i v e t h e i r s o c i a l s e c u r i t y

4 T O T A L S E R V I C E A N D C O M P E N ­

S A T I O N U N D E R R A I L R O A D

R E T I R E M E N T A C T , 1 9 3 7 - 6 6

a c c o u n t n u m b e r . A l l f o r m B A - 6 i n ­q u i r i e s s h o u l d b e a d d r e s s e d to—

D i r e c t o r o f D a t a P r o c e s s i n g a n d A c c o u n t s

I . S. R a i l r o a d R e t i r e m e n t B o a r d

8 4 4 R u s h Street

C h i c a g o , I l l ino i s 6 0 6 1 1

Revised Booklet on RRB Programs Now Available

T h e R a i l r o a d R e t i r e m e n t B o a r d h a s a n n o u n c e d t h e a v a i l a b i l i t y o f a r e v i s e d b o o k l e t d e s c r i b i n g b e n e f i t s p a y a b l e u n ­d e r t h e R a i l r o a d R e t i r e m e n t a n d R a i l ­r o a d U n e m p l o y m e n t I n s u r a n c e A c t s . T h e b o o k l e t F o r m I B - 2 " B e n e f i t s f o r R a i l r o a d W o r k e r s a n d T h e i r F a m i l i e s , " i n c l u d e s t h e c h a n g e s in t h e l a w s r e s u l t ­i n g f r o m t h e 1 9 6 6 a m e n d m e n t s .

C o p i e s m a y b e p u r c h a s e d for 10 c e n t s e a c h f r o m t h e S u p e r i n t e n d e n t o f D o c u ­m e n t s , U . S. G o v e r n m e n t P r i n t i n g Off ice W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . 2 0 4 0 2 . S i n g l e c o p i e s of t h e b o o k l e t a r e a v a i l a b l e t o i n d i v i d u a l s o n r e q u e s t at a n y of t h e B o a r d ' s field offices o r f r o m t h e I n f o r ­m a t i o n S e r v i c e , U . S. R a i l r o a d R e t i r e ­m e n t B o a r d , 8 4 4 R u s h S t r e e t , C h i c a g o , ILL. 6 0 6 1 1 .

Answers . . . t o R a i l Q u i z o n p a g e 7

1. A m i l e of r a i l r o a d m a y c o n s i s t o f a s i n g l e t r a c k , o r t w o , t h r e e , o r m o r e p a r a l l e l t r a c k s , i n c l u d i n g s i d i n g s , w a y s w i t c h i n g t r a c k s , s p u r t r a c k s , a n d y a r d t r a c k s . T h u s , a m i l e of r a i l r o a d m a y i n c l u d e s e v e r a l m i l e s o f t r a c k .

2 . T h e r i g h t - o f - w a y is t h e s t r i p of l a n d , of v a r i o u s w i d t h s , u p o n w h i c h t h e r a i l r o a d a n d its f ac i l i t i e s a r e b u i l t . I t is w i d e e n o u g h t o p r o v i d e f o r t r a c k s , d r a i n a g e , s i g n a l s , b r i d g e a b u t m e n t s , t e l e g r a p h a n d t e l e p h o n e l i n e s , s i d i n g s , b u i l d i n g s , a n d o t h e r n e e d s . I t a l s o i n c l u d e s o t h e r l a n d s n e c e s s a r y f o r r a i l r o a d o p e r a t i o n s .

3 . T h e r e a r e a p p r o x i m a t e l y 1 9 2 , 0 0 0

r a i l w a y b r i d g e s , w i t h a n a g g r e g a t e l e n g t h of 4 , 5 0 0 m i l e s , in t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s .

4 . C o n s i s t is t h e l i s t i ng of t h e n u m b e r a n d t y p e s of c a r s m a k i n g u p a t r a i n .

5 . A t o n - m i l e is t h e t r a n s p o r t a t i o n of o n e t o n of f r e i g h t o n e m i l e .

6 . A c o n s i g n o r o r c o n s i g n e e is u s u a l l y a l l o w e d t w o d a y s ' f r ee t i m e in w h i c h t o l o a d o r u n l o a d a c a r l o a d o f f r e i g h t . T h e r e a f t e r a d e m u r r a g e c h a r g e is m a d e fo r e a c h d a y t h e c a r is h e l d . S e v e n n a t i o n a l h o l i d a y s a r e e x c l u d e d i n e i t h e r c a s e . If a c a r is h e l d f o r a s p e c i f i e d p e r i o d b e y o n d t h e f r e e p e r ­i o d , t h e d e m u r r a g e c h a r g e p e r d a y is i n c r e a s e d . I n n o r m a l t i m e s , t h e p e n ­a l t y p e r i o d u s u a l l y s t a r t s f o u r d a y s a f t e r t h e f r ee p e r i o d .

June , 1967 13

C o m p i l e d by Laurence A. Bresee Manager of E m p l o y e e Benefits

A M O N G R E C E N T L Y R E T I R E D e m p l o y e e s on the New Y o r k Central are left to

right: Peter " P D " S m i t h , C o n d u c t o r at the h u m p , Front ier Y a r d , Buffalo;

Ralph G. Sl ighter, Retarder O p e r a t o r at Frontier Y a r d , Buffalo; Frank P.

W o r d e n , District Material Engineer, Detroit a n d R. H . " D u t c h " Hirt , C o n ­

ductor , Fairlane, O .

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B E S T W I S H E S are extended to Engineer

Frank W. N e w c o m b ( left ) , as he retires

after 50 years ' service with the N e w York

Central . J o h n F. Lewis, T r a i n m a s t e r , Beacon

Park Y a r d s , A ls ton , Mass. , presented Gold

Pass for long service.

A F T E R M O R E than 46 years ' service with

N e w York Central , H . A. Houghta l ing ( r ight ) ,

Technica l Assistant , Freight Cla im Preven­

t ion D e p a r t m e n t Buffalo, receives retire­

m e n t pin f r o m D. B. Fleming, J r . , Manager

Freight Claim Prevent ion.

G E N E R A L F O R E M A N J o h n R. ( B u c k ) H a m ­

ilton ( left ) , of the A i r Brake, Forge and

Machine Depar tment , Beech Grove S h o p s ,

retires after 41 years ' with the N Y C . G o r d o n

L. Zeider, Super in tendent of S h o p , pre­

sented ret i rement certificate.

N E W Y O R K DISTRICT Bach, M. J. , Ass i s tant Fore­

m a n , H a r m o n , N . Y. Bowe, E . M., Laborer, River

Divis ion Carter, H. , Laborer, Wee-

hawken , N . J . Cassala, J . P . , Boi lermaker,

H a r m o n , N . Y. Cendo, A. G., Perishable

Fre ight Inspector , Wee -hawken , N . J .

Cody, J . F . , Deckhand, Wee-hawken , N . J .

Craven, D . , Engineer , River Divis ion

Curry, P . J . , Clerk, Grand Central Terminal

Davis , S. E . , Bartender, N e w York

Eisenberg, S., Machinis t , H a r m o n , N . Y.

Fordon, W. B. , Engineer , Grand Central Terminal

Foy , L. P . , B a g g a g e m a n , Yonkers , N . Y.

Graff, J. H. , Crossing Watch­man , River Divis ion

Griner, F . , F ireman, River Divis ion

Hever , E . A. , Engineer , N e w York

H u n t z , R. W. , Mail Handler , N e w York

Knapp , G., Machinis t , H a r ­mon, N . Y.

Labounty, E . S., Brakeman , Harlem Divis ion

Marriot, T. F . , Machinis t , Mott H a v e n , N . J .

Mickens, H. B. , Stevedore, Weehawken , N . J.

N i e m a n , C , W a t c h m a n , Wee­hawken , N . J .

Olsen, J . H. , Yardmaster , N e w York

Rose, L. H. , Director E m ­ployee Benefits , N e w York

Strauss , K. H. , Foreman, Grand Central Terminal

Thomas , S. M., Groundman, N e w York

Thompson , G. J . , Ass i s tant Foreman, N e w York

Turko, J . , Helper , N e w York Wiegand, J. P . , T o w e r m a n ,

W e e h a w k e n , N . J .

EASTERN DISTRICT Allen, F . M., Brakeman, Sel­

kirk, N . Y. Argus , C. J . , Clerk. Buffalo Askey , L. E . , Pa tro lman ,

Buffalo Backman, E . E . , Clerk, Buf­

falo Bacon, H. W. , Machinist , W .

Springfield, Mass.

Billotte, H. F . , Eng ineer , Syr­acuse Divis ion

Boye, C. W., Checker, E. Buf­falo, N . Y.

Buehler, J . , Engineer , Buffalo Divis ion

Burke, J . J . , Crew Caller, Albany, N . Y.

Carlo, J. F . , Engineer , Syra­cuse Divis ion

Cavanaugh, L. , Brakeman, Syracuse Divis ion

Cost igan, J. P. , Brakeman, Hudson Divis ion

Cray, P . C , Signal Main-tainer , Albany, N . Y.

Curry, J . L . , Clerk, E . Buf­falo, N . Y.

Decoarcy, J. L. , Car Cleaner, Albany, N . Y.

Donahue , N . , Cashier, Al ls ton, Mass.

Fonda, R. S., Supervisor of Track, Springfield, Mass .

Forrest , C. S., Cashier, Al ­bany, N . Y.

Gannon, J . C , Eng ineer , Syracuse Divis ion

Gannon, T. S., Signal Main-tainer , Batavia , N . Y.

Gerthoffer, E. F . , Eng ineer , Mohawk Division

Gettys, P . D. , Telegrapher Clerk, Divis ion

Greene, J. J . , Ironworker , Al ls ton, Mass.

H e r m a n , H. N . , Eng ineer , Buffalo Divis ion

Hunger-ford, N . N . , Laborer, St. Lawrence Divis ion

Joyce, H. D. , Clerk Typis t , Albany, N . Y.

Kane, L. G., Engineer , Mo­hawk Division

Klick, N . C , Clerk, Buffalo, N . Y.

Lacinski , S. F . , Brakeman, Mohawk Divis ion

Meany, J. J., Ass i s tant Sta-t ionmaster , Albany, N . Y.

Morrow, A. H., Ass i s tant Su­pervisor Track, Springfield, Mass.

Prince , W. E. , Foreman, Syr­acuse, N . Y.

Ratka, B. , Coal Passer , Buf­falo

Raynor , R. A. , Conductor, Mohawk Divis ion

Reilley, W . C , Maintainer , Poughkeeps ie , N . Y.

Rice, R., Car Repairer , Al­bany, N . Y.

Safford, H. T., Trackman, Mohawk Division

Santor , S. F. , Clerk, Worces ­ter, Mass.

Santucc i , C , Laborer, East Rochester , N . Y.

Siener, F. G., Inspector Re­pairer, Black Rock, N . Y.

Smith , F . H., Conductor, Sel­kirk, N . Y.

Sort ino , G., Gang Leader, Eas t Rochester , N . Y.

Zajac, J . J. , Welder, N i a g a r a Fal ls

Saffer, M., Clerk, Buffalo Di­vis ion

WESTERN DISTRICT A d a m s , I., Carpenter, Cleve­

land A m m o n s , F . , E n g i n e e r , To­

ledo Divis ion Benedict , L. J. , Operator,

Toledo, O. Black, C. L., Welder, Collin-

wood Diesel Shop Bovlick, E . H. , Trackman,

Toledo Divis ion B r i g g s , H. R., Yardmaster ,

Coll inwood, O. Candler, E . C , F o r e m a n ,

Cleveland Clawson, D. L. , F i r e m a n , To­

ledo Divis ion Dickeson, E . R., Laborer, Elk­

hart , Ind. Dodic , J. , Store Helper , Col­

l inwood, O. Giangola, A. , Boi lermaker,

Ashtabula , O. Griffith, T. C , Chief Stat ion-

master , Toledo, O. H a h n , D . B. , B r a k e m a n ,

Y o u n g s t o w n , O.

14 N e w York Central Headl ight

GOLD PASSES

AWARDED TO 50 YEAR

VETERANS 5 0 - Y E A R V E T E R A N F. N. Campbel l ( r ight ) , Mohawk

Divis ion E n g i n e m a n is presented Go ld Pass by J . L.

Stanek ( lef t ) , T r a n s p o r t a t i o n Super intendent . Gor ­

don H. Bashant , Road Foreman of Engines looks o n .

Mr. C a m p b e l l is still on the job.

E N G I N E E R C. M. C o u r t n e y ( r ight ) , re­

ceives his Gold Pass after complet ing

50 years service with the N e w Y o r k Cen ­

tral . Presentat ion w a s m a d e by Fred

Manning, Road F o r e m a n at Corn ing , O.

J A M E S J . H O F F M A N , Sr. (center ) , Assistant

C o n d u c t o r , H a r l e m Divis ion, retired after

m o r e t h a n 43 years ' service with N Y C . O n

h a n d to congratulate h im were R. J . Shea

( left ) a n d his son J . T . H o f f m a n , J r . , As ­

s istant Conductors , Har lem Div is ion .

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R O B E R T J . P E R R Y ( r ight ) , Real Estate

Agent, Chicago, retired after 47 years ' serv­

ice with the New York Central . Frank P.

T ighe , Manager of Real Estate was on hand

to present h i m his Go ld Pass as an add i ­

t ional h o n o r for longt ime Central service.

N E A R L Y F O R T Y - E I G H T Y E A R S of service is

the p r o u d record of Wil l iam H. Hol l ingshead

( r ight ) , Contract Investigator, as he receives

ret i rement certificate and Gold Pass f r o m

Ruel A. Struble, Executive Ass istant to G e n ­

eral Manager , C leve land .

H a i n e s , R. S., Mainta iner , La Porte , Ind.

Hodges , T. J. , Eng ineer , Lake Divis ion

Hoffman, C. R., Road Fore­m a n , Elkhart , Ind.

Hopkins , E . E . , F i r e m a n , Lake Divis ion

H u m m , F . J . , Inspector Re­pairer , Wesleyvi l le , Pa .

McClatchey, P . R., Foreman , N o r t h Judson, Ind.

Monroe, M. H. , S ta t ionmas-ter , Cleveland

Rousal , F . T. , Trucker , Cleve­land

Smi th , F . , Wai ter , Chicago Ste in icke , E . , Gang Foreman ,

Cleveland T h o m a s , C , Cook, Cleveland Tifft , W . H. , Clerk, Cleveland Waters , O. Q., Wai ter , Chi­

cago

SOUTHERN DISTRICT Anderson , C , W a t e r Tender,

Beech Grove Locomotive Shop

Batchelder, G. F . , Signal Mainta iner , Il l inois Divi­s ion

Brasher , G. I., Trackman, Indianapol is

B r i n k m a n , W . O., A g e n t , In­dianapol is

Bryant , R. H. , Clerk, Urbana , Ill.

Burkert , J . M., Machinist Helper , Beech Grove Loco­motive Shop

Carpenter , L. E . , E q u i p m e n t Operator , Terre Haute , Ind.

Dressier, E . J . , E n g i n e House Foreman, Lafayet te , Ind.

Gott, M., Machinis t , Beech-e n >ve Locomotive Shop

Grady, S. T. , Clerk, Cincin­nati , O.

Grigsby, W. B. , F ireman, Ohio Divis ion

H a n s o n , J . A., Bui lding & Bridge Supervisor , Spr ing­f i e ld . O.

Kardwick, B. R., S ignal Su­p e r v i s o r , Mattoon, Ill.

H a w k i n s , T. F . , E n g i n e House Foreman, Dick inson , W e s t Virginia

Hendrix, S. H. , Pipefitter, Sharonville, O.

Horning, L. E. , Electric W e l d e r , Ohio Divis ion

Lloyd, I. B.. Laborer, Terre H a u t e , Ind.

Mark ley, R. R., E n g i n e e r , Bellefontaine, O.

Miller, L. B., Timekeeper , Indianapolis

R a d e r , B. L., L i n e m a n , Mid-dletown, O.

Shell, W. , Crossing Watch­man, Blooming ton, 111.

Shephard, It. K., Conductor, Mattoon, Ill.

Sherry, A. Iv, Agent, Illinois Divis ion

Smith , G. E. , Trackman, Findlay, ().

S p a n n , J. E. , Coach Cleaner, St . Louis , Mo.

V a n h o r n , C. H., Conductor, Ill inois DIVISION

V a n n o y , F. C , Conductor, Indiana D i v i s i o n

Wil l iams, K. T. , Kngineer, Ohio Central Divis ion

V a n Cleve, T. E . , A g e n t , In­dianapolis

NORTHERN DISTRICT Bevill , F . G., Brakeman, De­

troit Bottoset , A., Laborer, Wind­

sor, Ont. Bremer , W. F. , E n g i n e e r ,

W e s t Divis ion Burrows , G., Foreman, Ox­

ford, Mich. But ler , C. D. , S ignal Main­

ta iner , Wel land, Ont . Chapman, G., Equipment

Foreman, Windsor , Ont. Dempsey , A. R., Clerk, De­

troit

Emley , E . Z., Clerk, Lans ing , Mich.

Gniewek, M. J . , Inspector Re­pairer, Detroit

Hothem, C. E . , Mechanical Foreman, Detroi t

Hubert , G. A. , Pa in ter , S t . Thomas , Ont.

Mathiak, E . , Jan i tor , Detroi t Middleditch, C. H . , Clerk, De­

troit Murray, M. J . , Trackman,

Canada Divis ion N a g e l , G. A. , Clerk, Detroi t Pel let ier, J . C , Electr ic ian,

Detroit Pres t idge , B. Z., Foreman ,

Hillsdale, Mich. R a p p , H. E . , Chief E n g i n e

Dispatcher, Bay City, Mich. Rieck, L. W. , E x t r a Gang

Foreman , Detroi t S imanek, F . S., Clerk, Detroi t Smi th , A. A. , Laborer, De­

troit Divis ion Thomas , E . , Machinis t , Jack­

son, Mich. Winchel l , L. C , Clerk, Kala­

mazoo, Mich.

PITTSBURGH & LAKE ERIE

Broders, T. A. , Conductor, McKees Rocks , Pa .

Crowley, P . J . , Crew Di s ­patcher, S truthers , O.

Culan, J. A., Chief Clerk, Pi t tsburgh

Freund, W. H. , Eng ineer , McKees Rocks , P a .

Komer, J . E . , General Yard-master , Y o u n g s o w n , O.

McGrogan, J. C., T r a i n m a n , Dickerson Run, Pa .

Meany, J. C , Operator A g e n t , Ful ler , P a .

Vrabel , G., Car Inspector , Struthers , O.

I N D I A N A HARBOR BELT

Murphy, E . F . , Switchtender , Norpaul , Ill.

P a p a , C. T. , Inspector Re­pairer, Gibson, Ind.

Patno , L. J . , Ass t . Chief D i s ­patcher, Gibson, Ind.

Stout , H. L. , Machinis t , Gib­son, Ind.

Timio Moreno, E . U . , Jani tor , Gibson, Ind.

Webster , J . E . , Clerk, N o r ­paul , Ill.

CHICAGO RIVER & I N D I A N A

H i g g i n s , M. T . , S w i t c h m a n , Chicago

J u n e , 1967 15

This drawing by DiMariano was made in 1849 and shows an early view of G r a n d Central Terminal in N e w York, the Terminal being the shack in the foreground. The building in the center was a deaf -dumb asylum and later on the early site of Columbia University. The house at the extreme left is at what is now 5th A v e . and 55th St.

New York Central's Changing Scene

This 1865 photo shows Columbia's School of Mines in an area between Park and Madison Aves. and 49th and 50th Sts., an area it occupied since 1857, until it moved uptown in 1891. In foreground are N e w York Central tracks. In those days they went downtown to Prince St.

N e w York Central's tracks went underground on Park A v e . in 1872, leaving long steam vents which were not covered until 1928, when grass malls were installed. Columbia's School of Mines moved to the Morningside Heights campus in 1 897. O v e r the past ten years N e w York Central has led the w a y in developing N e w York 's Park A v e . as the world 's leading business headquarters address.