Fifteen Hurt in a Collision Engineer Disobeyed the Rules and a Wreck was the Result Feb 9 1896, Hannibal, Mo Fifteen persons were more or less seriously hurt, and one cannot recover, as the result of a collision at 12:40 o’clock this afternoon, between an eastbound Wabash stock train and a St. Louis, Keokuk and Northwestern … Read more
Many Injured A St. Louis and Hannibal Train Derailed in Missouri St. Louis, May 14, 1895 A special from Felix, Mo., to the Post-Dispatch, says that at 8 o’clock this morning the south-bound passenger train on the St. Louis and Hannibal Railway was derailed by a broken rail two miles from here, and was thrown … Read more
The First Railway of the West Roster of Personnel – Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co. Conductors Brakemen Switchmen Engineers Firemen Retired on Pension Beginnings of Systems: Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad Pictures of Marion County Railroads Hannibal Depot Map of Northern Missouri – Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad Lands, 1860 Mark Twain Zephyr along … Read more
The Hannibal & St. Joseph railroad, the first to cross Missouri, started at Hannibal in the office of John H. Clemens, father of Mark Twain. This meeting was held at Hannibal in the spring of 1846. Z. G. Draper was chosen president, and R. F. Lakenan, secretary. At the next session of the legislature, in … Read more
Roster of Personnel of the Chicago, Burlington, Quincy Railroad in 1948 East Hannibal Division Seniority List of Conductors Name Entered Service Date Promoted to Conductor Yancey, W. F 12-30-1902 9- 7-1907 Douds, H. R 12-24-1903 11- 3-1907 Mills, J. T 1-13-19-04. 11- 3-1907 Kirby, H 6-27-1905′ 9-14-1909 Harris, R. E 9- 6-1905 9-14-1909 Brown, W. … Read more
Roster of Personnel of the Chicago, Burlington, Quincy Railroad in 1948 East Hannibal Division Seniority List of Brakemen Name Date Employed Yancey, W. F 12/30/02 Douds, H. R 12/24/03 Mills, J. T 1/13/04 Kirby, H 6/27/06 Harris, R. E 9/6/05 Kines, W. M 6/8/06 Kirby, 0. E., Sr 10/30/06 Brown, W. H 3/25/07 Lynch, L. … Read more
Roster of Personnel of the Chicago, Burlington, Quincy Railroad in 1948 East Hannibal Division Seniority List of Switchmen Name Date Employed Canote, J. W 3/2/08 Harris, C. H 3/8/08 Brooks, J. P 11/14/09 Wiehe, P. L 12/15/09 Harkins, J. H., Sr 5/12/10 Brown, R. W 12/21/16 Brown, J. E 6/20/17 Morris, A. R 10/5/17 Crim, … Read more
Roster of Personnel of the Chicago, Burlington, Quincy Railroad in 1948 East Hannibal Division Seniority List of Firemen Name P. R. N. Entered Service Lake, S. F 512 11/16/12 Cline, Walter 129 10/30/19 Wilson, J. A 11/24/22 Caldwell, G. V 119 9/10/23 Horstmeyer, C 363 2/20/24 Petrie, H. L 683 11/11/24 Gottman, C. B 299 … Read more
Roster of Personnel of the Chicago, Burlington, Quincy Railroad in 1948 East Hannibal Division Train, Yard, and Enginemen Retired on Pension Fred Wiehe E. I. Stone C. W. Hunt Ed. Sweeney Chas. Allen C. F. Swarngin C. C. McQuillion L. P. Lambert W. W. Johnston R. R. Rubison J. W. Maupin F. Hof fman F. … Read more
Roster of Personnel of the Chicago, Burlington, Quincy Railroad in 1948 East Hannibal Division Seniority List of Engineers Name P. R. N. Entered Service Promoted Banghart, E. M 38 7/24/06 12/25/10 Gleeson, F. W 292 12/29/03 1/3/13 Fitzgerald, C 249 1/14/04 1/3/13 Briscoe, T. A 64 1/16/04 1/3/13 Crie, B. F 143 3/19/04 1/12/13 … Read more