Narrator:
Gray, John R.
Record ID:
2007.1.76
Interviewer:
Turner, John
Interview Place:
Hilgard, OR
Transcriptionist:
Shearer, Ryan & Helten, Paula
Abstract:
This interview contains memories largely related to a lifetime of working for the Union Pacific Railroad. There are detailed descriptions of signal maintenance, track conditions, derailments, and runaway trains. Several other stories involve the 1965 Flood, the Jap Camp, and a problem with turkeys.
Audio:
People:
Cling, Dewey
Cling, Louie
Gray, John Richard
Greenwell, Louie
Hewitt, Harry
Hokum, Dick
Hosey, Tom
Kersu, En
Marland, Gilbert
Vey, Tony
Whiting, Mrs.
Yamasaki, Bourbon
Yamasaki, Kichi
Yamasaki, Tom
Cling, Louie
Gray, John Richard
Greenwell, Louie
Hewitt, Harry
Hokum, Dick
Hosey, Tom
Kersu, En
Marland, Gilbert
Vey, Tony
Whiting, Mrs.
Yamasaki, Bourbon
Yamasaki, Kichi
Yamasaki, Tom
Subjects:
Bridges
Camps
Cows
Fishing
Floods
Hunting
Ice
Log cabins
Railroad accidents
Railroad maintenance
Railroad ties
Railroad tracks
Railroads
Rationing, Consumer
Schools
Skiing
Snow
Teachers
Trains
Winter
World War II
Camps
Cows
Fishing
Floods
Hunting
Ice
Log cabins
Railroad accidents
Railroad maintenance
Railroad ties
Railroad tracks
Railroads
Rationing, Consumer
Schools
Skiing
Snow
Teachers
Trains
Winter
World War II
Search Terms:
1965 Flood
Baker, OR
Bridge guards
Broadway Garage
CC Camp
Chirs Colors
Coleman
Davenport Signal Maintainer
Deer
Derailments
Duncan, OR
Elk
Five Points Canyon
Five Points Creek
Freezing
Game Commission
Gibbon, OR
Grande Ronde River
Greenwood School
High water
Hilgard, OR
Hinkle, OR
Huntington, OR
Island City, OR
Jap Camp
Japanese
Joseph branch
Kamela, OR
La Grande, OR
Land values
Madras, OR
Meacham, OR
Motanic, OR
Mt. Emily
Nordeen, OR
Perry, OR
Pilot Rock branch
Plowing snow
Porltand, OR
Road master
Runaway train
Salmon
Section Foreman
Signal house
Steel Bridge
Steelhead
Tamping
Telocaset, OR
The Dalles, OR
Track inspector
Trout
Turkeys
Union County
Union Pacific Railroad
Wallowa, OR
Baker, OR
Bridge guards
Broadway Garage
CC Camp
Chirs Colors
Coleman
Davenport Signal Maintainer
Deer
Derailments
Duncan, OR
Elk
Five Points Canyon
Five Points Creek
Freezing
Game Commission
Gibbon, OR
Grande Ronde River
Greenwood School
High water
Hilgard, OR
Hinkle, OR
Huntington, OR
Island City, OR
Jap Camp
Japanese
Joseph branch
Kamela, OR
La Grande, OR
Land values
Madras, OR
Meacham, OR
Motanic, OR
Mt. Emily
Nordeen, OR
Perry, OR
Pilot Rock branch
Plowing snow
Porltand, OR
Road master
Runaway train
Salmon
Section Foreman
Signal house
Steel Bridge
Steelhead
Tamping
Telocaset, OR
The Dalles, OR
Track inspector
Trout
Turkeys
Union County
Union Pacific Railroad
Wallowa, OR
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