Union County Oral Histories
Narrator:
Rose, Dave
Record ID:
2007.1.145
Interviewer:
Turner, John
Interview Place:
La Grande, OR
Transcriptionist:
Pilling, Heather
Abstract:
This interview contains memories largely related to a lifetime of working for the railroad as a brakeman and as an engineer.

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Audio:
People:
Broms, Ray
Draper, LeVern
Driscoll, George
Forrester, Ray
Putrick, Pete
Roberts, Mr.
Rose, Dave
Rose, David
Rose, Evaline
Subjects:
Cattle
Chickens
Farming
Farms
Grocery stores
Hogs
Locomotives
Post offices
Railroads
Ranches
Roundhouses
Sheep
Snow
Trains
Search Terms:
Brakeman
Central Train Control
Coal
Doll
Duncan, OR
Durkee, OR
Engineer
Enterprise, OR
Fusees
Gibbon, OR
Joseph Branch Line
Kamela, OR
La Grande to Joseph
La Grande, OR
Lookingglass
Meacham, OR
North Fork
Oregon Short Line
Pendleton, OR
Reith, OR
Signals
Starkey, OR
Station Agent
Stump pulling
Torpedoes
Train—orders hoop
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