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February 04, 2010 11:40AM
In 1929 the Alamosa Division had 160 men in the engine service. By 1978 the number was 14. In 1933 F.L. Hindle was senior engineer with a fireman's date of 11-01-1883 and an engineer's date of 1-13-1889. He may have gotten to run and fire engines over the original La Veta Pass if that was his territory. There was no standard gauge and definately no diesels.
Who were the engineers in 1978?
Eldon Morgan--10/16/1946----1/11/1955
Jim Pearce--9/25/1948----1/11/1955
John Lira--9/02/1948-----7/2/1957
Carl Jack--10/21/1952----5/5/1959
Bob Morgan--12/13/1952----5/5/1959
Lee Otteson--9/21/1954----5/5/1959
Ralph Hawkins--10/1/1956---8/17/1960
Stanley Smith--8/29/1956---1/9/1963
?? Weirick--10/17/1956----1/9/1963
Gayle Cunningham--5/23/1957--1/9/1963
Andy Payne--8/29/1957--2/5/1964
Jim Shawcroft--11/26/1957--2/5/1964
Larry Shawcroft--7/18/1960---???
Robin Yates--6/06/1966---???
I don't know when Don Gibbs went into management. He would have been between Andy Payne and Jim Shawcroft. Gibbs worked for the railroad into the early UP era.
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