I just found an old picture of my granddad standing in front of his 4-4-0 circa 1910, probably in or around Fort Worth, TX. As soon as I can get the picture scanned I'll post it.
But I was wondering if anyone here could figure out what RR he was working for. It is engine #34. The tender is only partially in the picture, and only two letters on its side are visible: ending letters ER.
Family stories placed my granddad with the Texas & Pacific for a while, but I looked on a T&P website, found an engine #34, but all the pics of T&P engines had 'Texas & Pacific' on their tenders.
Any ideas?
I know he also was an engineer for a northern Mexico RR around the time of Pancho Villa for a year or so.
[later] here's the picture; my Grandfather second from left. In a letter I found he states that he worked for the Mexican Central as an engineer, out of Gomez Palacios, and for 'other' RRs, I'm thinking in the Fort Worth area.
But I was wondering if anyone here could figure out what RR he was working for. It is engine #34. The tender is only partially in the picture, and only two letters on its side are visible: ending letters ER.
Family stories placed my granddad with the Texas & Pacific for a while, but I looked on a T&P website, found an engine #34, but all the pics of T&P engines had 'Texas & Pacific' on their tenders.
Any ideas?
I know he also was an engineer for a northern Mexico RR around the time of Pancho Villa for a year or so.
[later] here's the picture; my Grandfather second from left. In a letter I found he states that he worked for the Mexican Central as an engineer, out of Gomez Palacios, and for 'other' RRs, I'm thinking in the Fort Worth area.
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