Railroad Employee Business Cards Added

Here are the surnames of additional railway employees added to the vintage business card collection at Genealogy Today: Bailey, Baird, Barnes, Bastable, Beck, Benson, Brome, Castater, Cleland, Cleveland, Coldwell, Colvin, Coman, Craig, Crosbie, Crosby, Duffy, Egan, Glarum, Glorioso, Gold, Gottschald, Guthrie, Haischer, Hale, Hang, Harrow, Hatfield, Haugh, Herron, Hess, Hewitt, Hoydar, Hulsey, Jahn, Kikunaga, Kirby, Knight, Liechty, Marlatt, Martin, McNeal, McNutt, Moonert, Morningstar, Murray, Newlean, Nichols, Noble, Olmsted, Page, Pengra, Perkins, Pierce, Pinger, Redding, Rosenbaum, Sage, Sears, Sheahan, Sheldon, Smith, Starin, Stevens, Storey, Sullivan, Thiehoff, Thomas, Turner, Watson, Weed, Whitney, Wilson, Woodworth.

One of the cards (W. D. Cleveland) belonged to an employee of the Oahu Railway in Honolulu, which was interesting because I had never thought that there would be railroads in Hawaii. Coincidentally, I was going through a box of ephemera and came across this photo of a train station in Honolulu. You can see (click on the image for a larger version) the name Ohau Railway on the building.

Stockholders of the Maine Central Railroad Company

Maine Central R. R. Co. Stockholders - Maine Central Railroad Company Common and Preferred Stockholders as of April 1, 1924. This item was hand typed on very thin paper, which made it a challenge to get scanned. In addition, the item had been kept folded for many years. I visited my local Staples store and made a photocopy of the entire document to both shrink and flatten out the pages.

The cover reads: "The complete list of shareholders and their places of residence and the number of shares belonging to each on the first day of April, 1924." I obtained this Portland, Maine document from a Florida-based book dealer who had a booth at a genealogy conference in Boston, Massachusetts. It's amazing what information is floating around out there. Now its been archived and transcribed for genealogists.

Pennsylvania Railroad Medals Awarded

Pennsylvania Railroad Medals for Heroic Service - Their Purpose, Conditions of Award, and Holders. March 1926. Issued from the General Offices, Broad Street Station, Philadelphia. This is an incredible find. There are lengthy descriptions of why the medals were awarded to these 82 heroic individuals.