Pennsylvania Railroad, Shire Oaks Car Shop, Washington, Pa.
Date:
ca. 1920-1930
Description:
The workers at the Shire Oaks car shop in Washington, Pa. pose behind the rails: on the sign and a cart in the middle of the group has a few safety slogans for workers written.
'Ben or B. Franklin, a character on a train ride which is narrated. Copied from "Picturesque B.& O., Historical and Descriptive (Chicago, 1883), by J. G. Pangborn, p. 23.'
'This picture taken at Chiefton by Ray Hinerman who was a telegraph operator. Charles E. Heskell, Mound Avenue is on the pilot. Bruce Traught, deceased is at his left. "Dutch" Homan on the other side of the pilot, now runs on the street cars. June Hoover, engineer, who is next to his, is deceased. Bill Shakelford is on the left of other track and Walter Summers, 623 State Street, is still on the B. & O., now an engineer.'