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On many Pennsylvania trains in the Philadelphia area, trainmen are relieved for service in the armed forces and replaced by women

On many Pennsylvania trains in the Philadelphia area, trainmen are rel...

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Charges railroads with gambling on stock market. Washington, D.C., July 6. Alexander F. Whitney, president of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, leaving the White House today after a conference with the President. Whitney said that railroads could save 700,000,000 to 8,000,000,000 annually if they would do nothing but sell transportation. He charged the railroads had been "gambling on the stock market" and attempting to give rebates to shippers and added "we expect to make a very strong case against the proposed 15 percent wage cut," 7/6/38

Charges railroads with gambling on stock market. Washington, D.C., Jul...

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West Chicago, Illinois. Reading the minutes at a meeting of the West Chicago Lodge of the International Brotherhood of the Railway Trainmen (Northwestern Railroad local)

West Chicago, Illinois. Reading the minutes at a meeting of the West C...

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RAILWAY BROTHERHOODS GROUP: C.M. RODGERS; MR. LEWIS; W.G. LEE, PRES., BROTHERHOOD OF RAILWAY TRAINMEN; S. VEACH; A.B. GARRETSON, PRES. ORDER OF RAILWAY CONDUCTORS; W.J. BURKE; W.S. STONE, GRAND CHIEF, BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTICE ENGINEERS; W.S. CARTER, PRES. BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE FIREMEN

RAILWAY BROTHERHOODS GROUP: C.M. RODGERS; MR. LEWIS; W.G. LEE, PRES., ...

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West Chicago, Illinois. Mr. W.M. Hoag, president, opens the meeting of the west Chicago Lodge of the International Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen (Northwestern Railroad local)

West Chicago, Illinois. Mr. W.M. Hoag, president, opens the meeting of...

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Detroit, Michigan. Trainmen in the freight yard

Detroit, Michigan. Trainmen in the freight yard

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Long Island Railroad women trainmen, back from their first run, escorting one of their instructors, Brakeman I.C. Potter, who carries flagcase and lanterns, termed "jewelry" by railroaders

Long Island Railroad women trainmen, back from their first run, escort...

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Women trainmen of the Long Island Railroad studying the bulletin board in the office of the crew dispatcher to get their train orders

Women trainmen of the Long Island Railroad studying the bulletin board...

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West Chicago, Illinois. At a meeting of the Albert Keep Lodge Number 364 of the International Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, Northwestern Railroad Local. The lodge has been organized since 1890 and has 150 members on the records. Four hundred dollars were taken out of the lodge treasury for the purchase of war bonds

West Chicago, Illinois. At a meeting of the Albert Keep Lodge Number 3...

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Trainmen of Topeka Street Railway Co., Apil [sic] 27, 1913

Trainmen of Topeka Street Railway Co., Apil [sic] 27, 1913

J181091 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Spicer & Bumbarger; May 1, 1913. Copyright claimant's address: Topeka, Kan.

Conductor Ray Tutle, veteran conductor, instructing women trainmen, a group of the first women employed by the Long Island Railroad to replace trainmen now serving in the nation's armed forces

Conductor Ray Tutle, veteran conductor, instructing women trainmen, a ...

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Perfect Harmony Washington, D.C., Nov. 7. Perfect harmony prevailed today as President Roosevelt's Special Committee of Rail Labor and Management representatives discussed proposed recommendations for legislative aid for the industry. Here we see George Harrison, right, President of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, as he accepts a cigarette from M.W. Clement, President of the Pennsylvania Railroad, 11/7/38

Perfect Harmony Washington, D.C., Nov. 7. Perfect harmony prevailed to...

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RAILWAY BROTHERHOODS GROUP: C.M. RODGERS; MR. LEWIS; W.G. LEE, PRES., BROTHERHOOD OF RAILWAY TRAINMEN; S. VEACH; A.B. GARRETSON, PRES. ORDER OF RAILWAY CONDUCTORS; W.J. BURKE; W.S. STONE, GRAND CHIEF, BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTICE ENGINEERS; W.S. CARTER, PRES. BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE FIREMEN

RAILWAY BROTHERHOODS GROUP: C.M. RODGERS; MR. LEWIS; W.G. LEE, PRES., ...

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Long Island Railroad passenger coach manned by the first women trainmen on this line, who started work the day after an intensive training period. Mrs. Florence L. Lawyer (foreground) collecting tickets, while Miss Marcella Craft (background) gives information from her timetable to a passenegr

Long Island Railroad passenger coach manned by the first women trainme...

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Miss Mildred L. Bunel, Long Island Railroad woman trainmen consulting a timetable for a passenger

Miss Mildred L. Bunel, Long Island Railroad woman trainmen consulting ...

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Chicago, Illinois. Conductors and trainmen come to the dispatcher's office at the Union Station for their train orders and to check in

Chicago, Illinois. Conductors and trainmen come to the dispatcher's of...

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American and British soldier trainmen standing about at a station on the route for supplies to Russia. An American engine is seen at the head of the train at left, somewhere in Iran

American and British soldier trainmen standing about at a station on t...

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Chicago, Illinois. Trainmen coupling up a locomotive which has just come in at Union Station

Chicago, Illinois. Trainmen coupling up a locomotive which has just co...

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Chicago, Illinois. Conductors and trainmen come to the dispatcher's office of the Union Station for their train orders and to check in

Chicago, Illinois. Conductors and trainmen come to the dispatcher's of...

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Labor leaders arrive for unemployment census conference. Washington, D.C., Sept. 27. John L. Lewis, Head of the CIO, and A.F. Whitney, President of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, arriving at the White House today to attend the Unemployment Census Conference called by John D. Biggers, Unemployment Census Administrator. Plans for compiling the census were formulated at the meeting which was attended by leading government, business and labor officials. 9/27/37

Labor leaders arrive for unemployment census conference. Washington, D...

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Tennessee Valley Authority. Railroad crews at Watts Bar Dam. Boss of all the "shacks," or trainmen, on a freight or passenger run is the "skipper," or train conductor. His job demands practical railroad experience, executive ability and common sense. This freight conductor captains a train carrying materials for the building of TVA's Watts Bar Dam

Tennessee Valley Authority. Railroad crews at Watts Bar Dam. Boss of a...

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Extension of ICC power is urged by rail labor. Washington, D.C., Jan. 12. Railroad labor recommended today that regulatory power of the Interstate Commerce Commission be extended to domestic water and air transportation and that railroad freight and passenger rates be increased, contingent on earmarking of added revenue for equipment and labor expenditures. The recommendations were part of a five point program submitted to the unemployment committee of the Senate by A.F. Whitney, President of Railroad Trainmen, right, and [...]J. Pelley, President of the American Association of Railroads, left. In the center is Senator James F. Byrnes, Chairman of the Committee, 1/12/38

Extension of ICC power is urged by rail labor. Washington, D.C., Jan. ...

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West Chicago, Illinois. Mr. W.M. Hoag, president of the Albert Keep Lodge Number 364 of the International Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. Mr. Hoag is a yard engine foreman at the West Chicago yards of the Northwestern Railroad

West Chicago, Illinois. Mr. W.M. Hoag, president of the Albert Keep Lo...

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The committee of railroad presidents and railroad union officials forming the Railway Labor Management Conference held a session in Washington, December 18, 1942 with Office of Defense Transportation officials to discuss manpower problems. The group agreed to submit recommendations to the ailroad executives' associations and the railway labor organizations. Reading from left to right are J.J. Pelley, President, Association of American Railroads; E.E. Norris, President, Southern Railway System; L.W., Baldwin, Chief Executive Officer, Missouri Pacific Lines; S.J. Hogan, President, National Marine Engineers Association; E.W. Scheer, President, Reading Railway System; Joseph B. Eastman, Director, Office of Defense Transportation; J.G. Luhrsen, Executive Secretary, Railway Labor Executives' Association; O.S. Beyer, Director, Division of Transport Personnel; D.B. Robertson, President, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen; M.W. Clement, President, Pennsylvania Railroad; B.M. Jewell, President, Railway Employees' Department; G.M. Harrison, President, Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks; A.F. Whitney, President, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen

The committee of railroad presidents and railroad union officials form...

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West Chicago, Illinois. Officers of Albert Keep Lodge, Number 364, International Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. Left to right: vice-president E.H. Schlueter, a yard engine foreman; treasury and local chairman, F.C. Ehredt, ticket collector and assistant conductor; legislative representative Carl Berkes, passenger brakeman and W.M. Hoag, president, a yard engine foreman

West Chicago, Illinois. Officers of Albert Keep Lodge, Number 364, Int...

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RAILROAD MEN AT WHITE HOUSE. HEADS: W.G. LEE, PRES., BOARD OF RAILWAY TRAINMEN; WARREN B. STONE, PRES., BOARD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS; HERMAN W. WILLS, WASHINGTON REPUBLICAN LABOR ORGS.; ALFRED H. SMITH, V.P., N.Y.C. RAILWAY; A.B. GARRETSON, PRES., ORD. RAILWAY CONDUCTORS; HEAD IN DOOR UNIDENT.; 1/2 FACE

RAILROAD MEN AT WHITE HOUSE. HEADS: W.G. LEE, PRES., BOARD OF RAILWAY ...

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