SEGMENT: TRANSPORTATION & FAMILY
Bert Aikman>UIS Collection A's>UIS Collection, Segment 22
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- TRANSPORTATION
- Additional discussion of how a steam engine works. Mentions wreck on Baltimore & Ohio line that backed up rail traffic. Discusses work involved in routing trains. Definition of the "Big 4", the New York Central Branch. Story of Bert's brother taking on "car desk" job at Mattoon depot in WWII, handling soldier trains, & going to Washington, DC to show Army his dispatch books. (addenda item# 84, 85, see Aikman 7, Clip# 784)
- FAMILY
- Mentions teaching brothers to be telegraph operators. Mentions his younger brother quitting railroad & taking care of farm & mother after father died. "Needed younger fellow to help out." (addenda item# 84, 85, see Aikman 7, Clip# 784)
