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Some B&O Baltimore Division Names From 1951

Listed below are names of conductors and engineers working on the B&O's Baltimore Division in 1951. The list was included in a hand-written notebook of tower operator Donald Breakiron who had maintained it as a reference guide while on duty. The list is supposedly a complete roster of the time, and initials and spellings are as they appear in his notebook. The careers of these employees collectively represent about 10,000 years of railroad service.

 CONDUCTORS....  G.A. ECKART  R. HASSELL  W.F. McCAULEY  W. ROWE
 B.H. ALDER  R.B. ECKELS  G.D. HAWKINS  J.W. McCORMICK  J.J. SALTIS
 C.E. AYERS  J.H. EDMONSON  E. HENDERSON  W.H. McGAHA  J.W. SANDY
 O.W. AYERS  C.H. FOSTER  S.R. HICKMAN  D.W. McLANE  F.J. SCHNEBELE
 G.H. ADKINS  C.K. FOSTER  B.L. HIGDON  J.F McMURRY  J.J. SHANAHAN
 I.L. ARMENTROUT  M.T. FOSTER  J.R. HIGHSMITH  H.B. McNEAL  E.M. SHAWVER
 E.L. BAKER  N.W. GAITHER  M.E. HISSEY  J.I. MEADOWCROFT  H.B. SHEPPARD
 B.E. BARGER  C.B. GANNON  R.J. HOLLINGSWORTH  C.B. MILLER  C.V. SHEWBRIDGE
 J.W. BARGER  C.P. GANGHORN  J.J. HOPKINS  F.A. MILLER  H.H. SMITH
 M.J. BARGER  H.A. GARVIN  W. HUGHES  H.C. MILLER  J. SNELL
 R. BARNE  N.S. GERMAN  J.F. HUNT  H.J. MILLER  W. STONER
 B.B. BARR  C.O. GOLDSBOROUGH  J.F. IRELAND  O.L. MITCHELL  M.E. STURGIS
 J.C. BARRETT  A.H. GOSNELL  W.E. JEANS  M.F. MOCK  J.E. SUNSTROM
 H.A. BEAR  F. GREEN  E.F. JOHNSON  V. MOYER  R.B. SUTTON
 W.E. BIRCKHEAD  O.E. GREEN  W.D. JOHNSTON  L.F. MURAY  R.E. SWEET
 W. BOWKER  T.E. GREENHOLTZ  D.L. KENNEY  J.J. MURPHY  J.E. TUCKER
 W.L. BRADEY  A.G.A. GRIFFITH  A. KERL  C.H. NEIGHBORS  R.M. TUOHY
 G.J. BUTTNER  C.O. GRIMES  E.J. KOLETA  G.C. NICKERSON  W.J. WAGMAS
 J. CARTER  K.F.L. GROSCHE  S.L. LAMBERT  J.W. O'MALLEY  R. WATKINSON
 J.M.L. CLABAUGH  J.W. GRUBBS  J.F. LEHRER  G.P. ORWIG  P.E. WATTS
 H. COFFELT  A. HAGGERTY  W.P. LONG  H.R. ORYE  F.R. WEAVER
 W.F. COGBURN  B.T. HALLEY  W.K. LOUDEN  N.D. ORYE  J.E. WEBB
 W.L. COLLOWAY  J.C. HALLEY  L.S. LUCAS  T.W. PALMER  J.K. WEITZEL
 J.W. COWSILL  R.W. HALSTEAD  C.I. LYLE  E.G. PAINTER  J.P. WELSH
 R.H. CRABILL  F.G. HAMEL  P. LYNN  A.K. PATCHETT  C.C. WEST
 R.L. CRABILL  J.W. HANKLA  A. MAAG  J.E. PHILLIPS  J.C. WHITLOCK
 W.R. CRABILL  H.W. HANNON  C.H. MADDOX  N.E. PHIPPS  F.E. WHITTAKER
 J.R. DANFORTH  A. HARDESTY  E.L. MAIN  J.G. PIRARO  R.V. WILES
 R. DAVIS  L.C. HARMON  E.M. MARCUM  H.R. POMEROY  R. WILLIAMS
 A.C. DEANER  K.W. HARMON  T.M. MARCUM  J.G. POWELL  G.M. WILLS
 A.M. DENNEY  J. HARRIS  P.S. MARKEY  T.P. REED  W.E. WRIGHT
 G.B. DOWNEY  A.B. HARRISON  W.J. MATTERN  E.M. RIDDLE  H.T. YEAGER
 J.R. DURKAN  H.T. HARTMAN  W.L. McALLESTER  C.P. ROBERTS  

 ENGINEERS....  W.J. DEAL  W.N. HOSHALL  J.H. MILLS  D.S. SMITH
 D.L. ADAMS  J.A. DEHLINGER  W.J. HUFF  H.M. MITCHELL  W.W. SPURRIER
 J.T. ANDREWS  J.L. DONOUGH  J.E. HUGHES  S.E. MORRIS  G.T. STEVENS
 M.D. ANDREWS  C.M. EAGLE  G.H. JESTER  G.B. MORSBERGER  C.W. STOUT
 E.C. AYERS  J.E. EARLE  A.R. JOHNSON  E.L. MURPHY  C.E. SWEENEY
 H.R. BAKER  W.J. EBERWINE  J.R. JOHNSTON  O.C. MYERS  J.H. TIMKE
 W.H. BAKER  G.W. FERGESON  H.L JORDEN  J.G. NASH  R.W. TITCHNELL
 W.H. BARBER  J.C. FITZE  E.J. KEEGAN  G.E. NEVAKER  G.H. THOMPSON
 J.C. BARGER  R.D. FITZGERALD  P.L. KELLER  F.M. NEVITT  J. TONIK
 G.C. BARTOW  E.G. FLETCHER  E.P. KESSLER  J.L. NOVACK  J.G. WALDMAN
 E.A. BLAXTEN  O.E. FLETCHER  G.W. KIMMEL  W.L. OGIER  J.A. WALDROM
 W.J. BODANI  W.J. FORD  C.L. KING  J.H. ORRISON  A.G. WALKER
 S.M. BOONE  J.W. FOREMAN  F.E. LANE  D.S. PAGE  C.M. WALTERS
 H. BOSLEY  D. FOSTER  S.D. LANGLEY  E.W. PANNALL  C.W. WALTERS
 H.L. BOSWELL  J.R. FOWLER  E.L. LEACH  J.A. PASSAGNO  W.H. WALTERS
 J.M. BOSWELL  B.T. FRANCE  E.W. LEACH  R.W. POPE  H.L. WALTZ
 B.A. BOWEN  C.C. FRASCH  K.W. LEACH  B.L. PRIESTLY  R.B. WARREN
 R.M. BOWMAN  K. FRAZIER  J.T. LEE  T.P. REED  G.W. WEBBER
 J.C. BOYER  C.G. FRENCH  L.S. LEWIS  K.L. RESHENBURG  C.V. WEISHAUPT
 S.J. BROWN  J.L. GARRETT  J.H. LINGO  A. RICHARDSON  H.W. WEISHAUPT
 W.E. BURTON  J.F. GEBHART  E.M. LIPSCOMB  J.H. RIDER  G.W. WENNER
 W.E. BURNS  G.H. GERMAN  A.D. LIVINGSTON  R.R. RIDGEWAY  C.J. WEST
 A.B. CALHOUN  G.M. GOOD  R.B. LOGAN  J.L. ROCK  W.T. WEST
 E.R. CALLERY  H.W. GOOD  R.W. LONG  J.H. ROCKENBAUGH  J.H. WETZEL
 R.C. CARR  B.A. GRIMSHAW  C.E. LOWERY  C.R. ROUT  E. WHIPP
 W.E. CASSELL  E.R. GOSNELL  G.P. LUCAS  W.S. RUNKLES  H.D. WHITE
 L.F. CAVEY  P. HALLER  J.R. MacMAMEE  H.L. RUPP  S.E. WILDERSON
 P.C. CLARK  J.S. HAMMILL  F.L. MADDOX  R.J. SADLICK  H.M. WILGAR
 R.B. COLEMAN  A.E. HAWKER  M.V. MAIN  E.E. SANDERS  C.E. WILHELM
 C.C. CONNER  W.L. HAWKINS  B.R. MARGERUM  E.L. SAWYER  W.B. WILLARD
 D.L. COOPER  L. HEDDRICK  N.A. MAYDALE  C.L. SCHAFFER  A.B. WILLIS
 J.M. COSDEN  S. HENISY  E.S. McCAREY  R.L. SCRUGGS  G.C. WINEMILLER
 R.P. COULSON  H.M. HOFFMAN  H.J. McFALL  J.A. SENTMAN  J.F. WOOD
 F.E. CRANDILL  M.W. HOFFMAN  W.H. McGAHA  A.H. SHAWVER  A.C. WILEY
 R.B. CRANFIELD  H.A. HOFFMASTER  E.F. McKEE  H.J. SHECKELLS  R.C. YOUNG
 W.C. CROSS  C.H. HOGAN  C.F. MEUSHAW  C.C. SHELLMAN  W.E. YOX
 M.C. CRUMMITT  L.O. HOLLOWAY  C.L. MILES  G.W. SHELLMAN  C.W. YOUNG
 H.L. DAILEY  R.C. HOOD  C.M. MILLER  E.G. SHIPPLEY  T.W. ZANK
 J.C. DAVIS  W.H. HORNSBERGER      

This list was published in the April 1993 issue of the Bull Sheet.

 

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