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CharlieMcCandless

December 23, 2012 12:00AM

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The Pierson riding on Extra 480 with helper 487 may have been Martin J. Pierson, who was listed as an engineer out of Alamosa in the 1940 census.
While the census lists him as Martin J. Pierson, railroad records show him as J.M. Pierson. Born circa 1895 he was No. 60 in 1940 with a fireman's date of 9-22-1917 and an engineer' date of 1-15-1926. He was off the railroad by 1942.
Note: there were 223 Piersons listed in the 1940 census in Colorado. I didn't check all of them so there could have been a different Pierson on the train.

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Alamosa December 22 1940	Jimmy Blouch	December 22, 2012 09:51PM
Re: Alamosa December 22 1940	CharlieMcCandless	December 23, 2012 12:00AM

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488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter

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