Re: Alamosa January 12 1941

Salida conductor Gordon R. Straitiff (May 13, 1887-Jan. 19, 1961) began railroading as a brakeman on 4-2-1909 and was promoted to conductor on 11-1-1916. He was No. 35 in seniority in 1930 and No. 7 in 1944.
Straitiff, in the caboose, with the coal stove going, must have been a lot warmer than than engineer L. Anthony Dailey and his fireman on the 496, cab curtains not withstanding.
Straitiff married Anna M. Willhouser in 1952.
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Gordon Straitiff was another person that Archives.com does not have census records on. A page-by-page search of the Salida census records may turn him up if I feel like doing it.