Brotherhood of Railway & Airline Clerks

01/23/2025

Yesterday, I finishing transcribing the Grand Junction Railway's 1833 subscriber list. The largest single amount was subscribed by William Rutson: £16,500.

His father was a Liverpool merchant who traded in West Indian goods and his grandfather funded 45 slave voyages.

His investment was therefore the direct result of the wealth the family had accumulated from slavery.

More info on him: https://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146644615

11/13/2023

The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers headquarters building in Cleveland, 1911. The Brotherhood of Railway Clerks had an HQ office building in Cincinnati. The Order of Railroad Telegraphers building was in St Louis.

Vintage photographs available as fine-art prints or digital stock images

09/01/2023

LOL

Hundreds of ticket offices could be given a stay of ex*****on by ministers after an “unprecedented” revolt against rail industry proposals to close them.More

08/01/2023

Nice.

In the 1940s, the 20th Century Limited was “the most famous train in the world,” even creating the first “red carpet” to set itself apart. Thanks to restoration efforts, train lovers can now travel back in time and experience it for themselves.

07/21/2023

Plans to close almost every railway ticket office will be announced tomorrow, The Times has been told. Posters will be put up in about 1,000 stations during th

07/12/2023

From the collection of Penny McSweeney.

10/25/2022

Link to a 1918 charter for a local in Springfield, Missouri, in the Missouri State University collection.
https://digitalcollections.missouristate.edu/digital/collection/UnionCharter/id/16/

09/23/2018

"At the Old Depot"