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Adair, GD CPR Kettle Valley Division (Fernie to Midway) 1951 / Edmonton Division 1952 / Calgardy 1956 / Kamloops, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Dauphin / Montreal 1970
Adams, WJCNR agt Alberta Dist 1920sd
Anderson, JLCNR agt Alberta Dis 1911sd ORT1393
Anderson, NBCNR agt Alberta Dis 1912sd ORT176
Appleyard, FTCNR agt Alberta Dis 1923sd ORT844
Armstrong, JWCNR agt Alberta Dist 1920sd ORT916

Armstrong, Kenneth B
CPR Opr/Relief Dspr CP Calgary, Vancouver, Revelstoke, Moose Jaw Divisions 1974-84 Rail System Safety in USA
April 18th, 1974 at Brooks, Alberta was last known occurrence? when a CPR train was issued an OK'd Clearance with notation "Cleared by wire failure"
Arychuk, WDCNR agt Alberta Dis 1944sd
Ashley, HRCNR agt Alberta Dis 1921sd ORT715
Austin, HJCNR agt 1943sd ORT1810
Bacon, DECNR Mirror 1934
Bailey, EdNAR asst agt Grand Prairie 1928
Bailey, FFCNR agt Alberta Dis 1916sd ORT1864
Baldwin, MCNR agt Alberta Dis 1920sd ORT729
Baleshta, BCNR TD Kamloops 1945
Ballantyne, ASCNR agt Alberta Dis 1942sd ORT1722
Balmer, WLCNR agt Alberta Dis 1918sd ORT608
Barnett, LSCNR agt Alberta Dis 1917sd ORT1307
Barr, JACNR agt Alberta Dis 1918sd ORT592
Baugh, JDCNR TD Kamloops 1949
Beaton, JCNR Donalda /d67
Bell, SCNR agt Alberta Dis 1920sd ORT743
Belleville, CRCNR agt Alberta Dis 1924sd ORT1325
Beloglowka, J CNR Vilna 1951, Camrose 1952, Entwhistle 1956-67 diff loctns AB & SK
Benjamin, ?CPR (fa of below)
Benjamin, Les MP Regina WestCPR Alberta & Sask 1946-61
Bennett, HMCNR agt Alberta Dis 1912sd ORT222
Bennett, IHCNR agt Alberta Dis 1916sd ORT769
Berg, GeorgeNAR opr 1941
Bigelow, JCCNR agt Alberta Dis 1923sd ORT938

Biggs, Ralph
CPR agt Metiskow (also SK) /r
Bissett, FredCPR agt Bow Island
Bjarnason, BCNR agt Alberta Dis 1920sd ORT671
Blair, ASCNR agt Alberta Dis 1919sd ORT579
Blair, TPCNR agt Alberta Dis 1928sd ORT1654
Bott, BertNAR agt Clairmont 1925
Bowerman, Ralph LCPR/CNR 1954-6
Bowman, RCCNR agt Alberta Dis 1912sd ORT1742
Boyd, GASCNR agt Alberta Dis 1917sd ORT534
Boyko, SCNR agt Alberta Dis 1944sd ORT1966
Broderick, DG CPR Calgary 1940-52
Brown, HGCNR agt Alberta Dis 1922sd ORT646
Brown, KM CPR Medicine Hat Division 1943 / Maple Creek (MK) SASK 1947 / Red Deer AB 1948-1985
Bryant, WGCNR agt Alberta Dis 1924sd ORT886

Buckingham, Dave
CNR 1947 Asst Agt Athabasca, Mountain Park, Ryley
. 1948 Opr Twrman MX North Edmonton, Relief Opr Various
. 1949 Agent Opr Sunnynook
. 1954 Agt-Opr Warden Jct
. 1957 Agt-Opr Ranfurly
. 1962 Agt-Opr Chauvin
. 1965 Car service Opr, Opr Ka office, Dispr, Staff Opr Kamloops BC
. Retired 1985

Burgess Ken L
CNR Spare Opr Calgary Div 1948-50
. Opr Brazeau 1950-3
. Agt Opr Leyland 1953-7
. Agt Opr Therien 1957-61
. Agt Opr Edgerton 1961-7
. Agt Opr Whitecourt 1967-89 /r1989

Bundy, Clarence J
CPR Div No7 Cowley, Pincher Creek stn until retirement / 1912sd ORT712 & continuous membership 25 yrs & Local Chairman, Lethbridge Div
Burns, MCNR agt Alberta Dis 1920sd ORT702
Byers, SWCNR agt Alberta Dis 1913sd ORT106
Cameron, FJCNR agt Alberta Dis 1919sd ORT590
Card, IraNAR agt Grand Prairie 1928
Carey, HFNAR CNR agt, TD
Carpenter, Bryer CurtisGTP CNR agt Kinsella 1937-65, Entwhistle, Wadren Jct, Jasper, Edmonton 1920sd ORT723
Carpenter, William (Bill)CNR agt AB & ON /q1950
Carrick, BertNAR agt 1927
Carrington, EHCNR agt Alberta Dis 1921sd ORT782
Cavanaugh, CPCNR agt Alberta Dis 1940sd ORT1599
Chadwick, WCNR agt Alberta Dis 1920sd ORT742
Chapman, ERCNR agt Alberta Dis 1920sd ORT812
Chester, WJCNR agt 1942sd
Christenson, MACNR agt Alberta Dist 1917sd ORT750
Christenson, WMCNR agt 1943sd *
Christmas, SECNR agt Alberta Dis,Edmonton 1911sd ORT186 /d72
Clarke, ACNR agt Alberta Dis 1920sd ORT741
Clarke, HECNR towerman Alberta Dist 1944sd ORT1925
Coady, MJCNR agt Alberta Dis 1922sd ORT815
Coffman, ECCNR agt Alberta Dis 1917sd ORT720

Colborne, Frederick Charles
CPR head telegrapher Calgary -worked night shifts - in Halifax as telegrapher during the Halifax Explosion in WW1 - told us he worked 3 days straight as the only link to the outside world after the explosion /r 1950 (see bro below)

Colborne, James Blair
CPR telegrapher Medicine Hat /r 1950's (see bro above)
Coldwell, JHCNR agt Alberta Dis 1920sd ORT700
Collicutt, CWCNR agt Alberta Dis 1914sd ORT345
Collier, JCNR Edmonton 1938, CNT commercial op, Jasper 1950
Collier, WWCNR agt Alberta Dis 1920sd ORT707
Colwell, LENAR CPR / NAR Ass't Agent 1949-51 / CPR Leduc 1951 / NAR Barhead, Grande Prairie, Grimshaw, Slave Lake, Smith, Wetaskiwin, Ponoka, Lacombe, Edmonton, Rocky Mountain House, Crossfield Tower / CPR Centre Street Tower years? /retired CPR Wetaskiwin, 1985
Coon, HarryCNR agt-opr Calgary Div, Oyen AB, Camrose AB, Alaska SK, Flaxcombe /d1998
Coon, HECNR agt Alberta Dis 1927sd ORT1390
Corcoran, FJCNR agt Alberta Dis 1917sd ORT253
Corregan, WGMCNR agt Alberta Dis 1917sd ORT490
Craig, FYCNR agt Alberta Dis 1916sd ORT437
Craig, RussellNAR Berwyn 1932
Croft, LECNR agt Alberta Dis 1942sd ORT1682
Croteau, PJCNR agt Alberta Dis 1922sd ORT862
Crowther, CECNR agt Alberta Dis 1925sd ORT941
Culp, JMCNR agt Alberta Dis 1925sd ORT955
Cummings, WCNR agt Alberta Dis 1942sd ORT1923
Dalgleish, TRCNR agt Alberta Dis 1942sd ORT1849
Dalton, ACNR agt Alberta Dis 1917sd ORT479
Daniels, CWCNR agt Alberta Dis 1929sd ORT1621
Davis, WACNR agt Alberta Dis 1926sd ORT902
Deare, OKCNR agt Alberta Dis 1920sd ORT309

Deck, George
CPR ref agt 11 yrs on Alberta Div mostly relieving agts & operators in Let & Calgary Div. Spent several yrs on Field Hill at Stephen & saw the first diesel come in & last steamer head east with a small train. Also had winter experiences as brakeman in Crows Nest Pass switching coal mines
Dembicki, EdCNR opr Edberg, Hinton, Hanna, Mirror, TD Kamloops, CWR TD Big Valley
Diagneault, APCNR agt Alberta Dis 1917sd ORT538
Donaldson, LLCNR agt Alberta Dis 1942sd ORT1739
Donaldson, TCNR agt Alberta Dis 1918sd ORT1753
Donaldson, WWCNR agt Alberta Dis 1926sd ORT1362
Donlevy, William (Bill)NAR CTD
Douglas, KHCNR 1950sd
Douglas, RCNR agt Alberta Dist 1919sd ORT1305
Dowdell, JLCNR agt Alberta Dist 1920sd ORT764
Dowdell, Keith NCNR St Paul 1948, Maidstone 1951, Vermilion, Lloydminster, Edson 1974 /r87
Dryden, ?CNR op Alberta

Drynan, G Aubrey
CNR trained at Meeting Creek with agent Tom Peters
. Calgary Divn. Rosebud, Acadia Valley, Three Hills
. Edmn Divn. Unity, Ryley, Ardrossan, Wainwright, Lloydminster, Mannville, Edson, Bickerdike, 'MO' office Edmn, North Edmn Tower, plus others
. 1957sd /q1962
Duck, JLCNR agt Alberta Dis 1939sd ORT1054
Dunaway, LGCNR agt Alberta Dist 1921sd * ORT976
Dunham, Perry SCNR Viking 1940 (last agt Viking) 1928sd ORT1964
Easton, HCNR agt Alberta Dis 1908sd ORT75
Eberly, PCNR agt Alberta Dis 1921sd ORT822
Eby, EMCNR agt Alberta Dis 1944sd ORT1907
Edgar, JackNAR Spirit River 1925?
Elder, RJCNR agt Alberta Dis 1911sd ORT230
Elliott, AlanNAR Beaverlodge 1932
Elliott, AHCNR agt Alberta Dis 1919sd ORT711
Elliott, BTCNR agt 1942sd * ORT1735
Elliott, OBCNR agt Alberta Dis 1913sd ORT311
Ellis, BCNR agt Alberta Dist 1919sd ORT825
Enberg, RCNR opr Symington 1948
Ewoniak, WA CNR Tofield, Ryley, Kinsella, Wainwright (relief & op)
Fairey, ERCNR agt Alberta Dis 1918sd ORT49
Fallow, WACNR agt Alberta Dis 1906sd ORT182
Ferguson, LTCNR agt Alberta Dis 1944sd ORT1426
Fielding, HECNR agt Alberta Dis 1944sd ORT2002
Finlayson, KDCNR agt Alberta Dis 1943sd ORT1958
Finn, JFCNR agt Alberta Dis 1911sd ORT187
Finn, WJCNR agt Alberta Dis 1942sd ORT1715
Fishenden, EHCNR agt Alberta Dis 1920sd ORT734
Fitzgerald, JR CPR Edmonton 1938, Red Deer
Fortier, JACNR agt Alberta Dis 1908sd ORT81
Fowler, GF (Fred)CNR opr Saunders, Meeting Creek, Powley, Rumsey, Edberg
. agt-opr Warden, Houston BC, Vilna, St. Paul /r1987
Fowler, GF Sr.CNoR agt-opr Rumsey 1913, Irma, Rumsey, Big Valley r/1940s
Fowler, GFCNR agt Alberta Dis 1943sd * ORT1886
Fowler, HBCNR agt Alberta Dis 1912sd ORT344 (ORT books list sd as 1812!)
Fowler, William (Bill) FCNR opr Big Valley, Edberg, Camrose / TD Edmonton 1950-? 1942 * ORT1752
Fowler, WFCNR agt Alberta Dis 1942sd * ORT1752
Fowler, WRCNR agt Alberta Dis 1916sd ORT1489
Frevel, HHCNR agt Alberta Dis 1919sd ORT600
Frissell, Edward ACNR Vermilion 1955


Froome, ED(Ted)
CPR agt
. Dominion City 1918, Wapella, SK (last stn)
. 12 years with CPR then resigned & took agt position with NAR at Hines Creek, AB (most northern point at the end of the line). He traveled to his new job on the very first passenger train to that station, got off the train & immediately had to start handling the baggage and express
. family at Hines Creek 1930-44
. he bid & rec'd agt position at Spirit River
. retired from NAR 1965 after 47 yrs of service with the two railway's (Born Feb 9 1901)
. ORT 802 /r 1965
. notes: Glen D. Froome (see also MB)
Fullerton, RalphNAR agt Clairmont, Edmonton, designed NAR logo, Comm Super

Gafka Len
CNR - 1952 May-Aug student telegrapher Islay AB
. 1952-64 Calgary-Edmonton-Edson areas as opr-agt-dispatcher-1958
. Edmonton Terminal - CD-Calder, MO-Edmonton, MX-North Edmonton Tower, DK-Dispatchers Office - 999/800, CS, Area Staff
. 1965-72 Mid Mgt - CS Supvr Edmn Area - Region Special duties
. 1972-75 Montreal TRACS-CM
. 1976-89 System HQ- Snr Mgt - Sys Coord Car Mgt, CM-Liaison Ofcr. CM-AAR Rept. Railcar Leases.Sys. Transp. Control Center. Deregulation Ofcr
. Early retirement 1989
. Moved to Nanaimo BC
. Still involved in telegraphy joined Canadian HUB in 2007. "Dial Up Roster" Office sign VN - personal sign R
. ORT 2777
Gainer, JJCNR agt Alberta Dis 1916sd ORT144
Gallant, ETCNR agt Alberta Dis 1916sd ORT44
Gardiner, James AndrewCPR Banff, Cochrane 1964, Lake Lousie, Canmore, Exshaw, Crows Nest Pass / Hardisty Sub AB e of Wetaskiwin to Camrose, n of Westaskiwin to Millett, Leduc / "... last to learn telegraph on CP Railway."
Gates, JMCNR agt Alberta Dis 1943sd ORT1815
Gaudet, EJCNR agt Alberta Dis 1918sd ORT198
Gaudet, FTCNR Humboldt 1943? / TD Edson, Vancouver, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Calgary, Turner 1943sd ORT1823
Gaudet, FTCNR agt Alberta Dis 1943sd ORT1823
Gavinchuk, GCNR agt Alberta Dis 1944sd ORT1995
Geddis, RHCNR agt Alberta Dis 1916sd ORT875
Gibeault, Robert ECPR T&R Chief (Testing and Regulating) June 1951-Jan 1956, Calgary commercial relay center Lethbridge & Medicine Hat AB-testboards
Gibson, FDCNR agt Alberta Dis 1917sd ORT361
Goode, IFCNR agt Alberta Dis 1918sd
Goodwin, WRCNR agt Alberta Dis 1916sd ORT443
Gordon, JW CPR messenger 1944, Drumheller (op) 1949
Gorman, WJCNR towerman Alberta Dist 1914sd ORT1043
Graham, CLCNR Trocho 1951, TD Edmonton
Grant, AHCNR agt Alberta Dis 1913sd ORT135
Graces, RWCNR agt Alberta Dis 1920sd ORT589
Guernsey, GFCNR agt Alberta Dis 1912sd ORT29
Haaglund, Gordon WNAR - 12 / 2 BC
Haczkewicz, APCNR TD Edmonton 1956sd
Haight, CACNR agt Alberta Dis 1926sd ORT977
Haight, CASCNR Peers d72
Hajek, FF NAR Wembly 1927, Hythe 1928, Smith, Fahler / Pouce BC, Hythe, Anzac / Westlock AB
Hamilton, AGCNR agt Alberta Dis 1913sd ORT153
Hammond, SGCNR agt Alberta Dis 1922sd ORT1050


Harmon, WR
CNR asst-agt 1947, telegrapher 1948 / var locns SK / terminal opr Watrous / TD 1953 / worked offices in BC, AB, SK, MB / train master 1972, CTD 1979, CTD Edmonton 1983 / Co-ordinator Rules & Training Mtn Region 1987 / 1947sd /r 1987 (Dir Edmonton MTC Chap - circuit sine "WR", Office sine "WX")
Harrison, Frederick RossCNR agt AB Dis 1913sd ORT343 (see bro BA Harrison, ON)
Harrold, APCNR agt Alberta Dist 1920sd ORT989
Hart, JDCNR agt Alberta Dis 1939sd * ORT1475
Harte, WCNR agt Alberta Dis 1914sd ORT519
Hawkins, JPSCNR towerman Alberta Dist 1914sd ORT1039
Hawthorne, OCNR agt Alberta Dis 1913sd ORT286
Healy, JDCNR agt Alberta Dis 1909sd ORT149
Henderson, WECNR agt Alberta Dis 1910sd ORT375

Hine, Arden
CPR asst-agt Empress, Towerman Calgary, opr Cochrane / 1957sd, resigned 1960 (see fa in SK, bro below & BC)

Hine, Cliff
CPT 1955-73 / started as morse opr in Calgary 'CR' commercial office then to T&R & worked as T&R Wire Chief in a number of CPT offices such as: Field, Nelson, Cranbrook, North Bend, Princeton all in BC for CP Telecommunications / CP Telegraphs Regina as messenger boy / r - living in Kelowna BC (see also BC / fa in SK, bro above & BC)

Hine, Kenneth W
CPR (see also BC, SK)
Hiron, HPCNR agt Alberta Dis 1919sd ORT688
Holden, JamesNAR Hythe
Holt, CarlCPR agt-opr Consort 1955, Carstairs 1950s & 60s /d1998
Hovde, MGCNR agt 1943sd ORT1866
House, HGCNR agt Alberta Dis 1910sd ORT231
Huberdeau, NLCNR agt Alberta Dis 1921sd ORT571
Hudson, LJCNR agt Alberta Dis 1927sd ORT1014
Husel, TimCNR opr Mirror, Grand Centre, Jasper, dispr CN Edmonton
Hutter, MCNR agt Alberta Dis 1913sd ORT290
Illott, WCNR agt Alberta Dis 1917sd ORT510
Ireland, RDCNR agt Alberta Dis 1905sd ORT357
Jennett, KWCNR 1950s/d
Jeynes, Jack CCNR Meeting Creek 1940s /d67
Jeynes, JCCNR agt Alberta Dis 1915sd ORT394 (same as above?)

Johnson, AJC
NAR asst agt Hythe 1944-6 / var stns 1946-8 / CP Telegraphs 1948-1956 Calgary Commercial Office / CNR Saskatoon 1957-61 (relief) - ordained Lutheran paster at var parishes 1961-91 (Sine "CR", Personal "J")
Johnson, HL CNR Chipman 1967, Calder, Edmonton, Lloyd-Vermilion-Maidstone swing
Johnson, JSCNR towerman Alberta Dist 1915sd ORT1086
Johnston, MH CPR Calgary 1948, Edmonton, Winnipeg (22 years)
Jones, RLCNR agt Alberta Dis 1914sd ORT367
Jordan, MACNR agt Alberta Dis 1922sd ORT778

Kary, Harold
CNR agt Alberta Dis 1944sd, returned to AB 1980 as TD (Morse Circuit: stn TELKWA(A), Sine HD)

Kehoe, John D
CNR Agt-Opr Calgary, Edmonton, Edson Divns 1951-54
. TD Calgary 1954
. TD Kamloops, Pt Arthur, Winnipeg, Calgary, Smithers, Pr George 1954-73
. Trainmstr Pr George, Jasper, Kamloops, Pr Rupert 1973-81
. CTD Pr George 1981-89
. Retired Nov 1989
Kelly, Glenn HNAR TD Edmonton 1917, Hythe 1932
Kennedy, CMCNR agt Alberta Dis 1942sd ORT1792

Kennie, George C
CNT Calgary & Edmonton 1938-9, Edmonton 1945, Wireless instructor RCAF 1940-5 /r1977 (Sine "GK")

Kent, Cefus Adrian
CNR stn master Millet - long standing member ORT (25 yrs continuous medallion)
Kerby, CICNR agt Alberta Dist 1916sd ORT1051
Kerr, JTCNR agt Alberta Dis 1915sd
King, HGCNR agt Alberta Dis 1916sd ORT391
King, HGCNR agt 1942sd * ORT1756
Koblanski, JohnNAR CTD
Kolodrubsky, J CNR ACD Edmonton 1979
Krasowski, HarryCNR Camrose 1970s-1985

Krauter, Ab N
CNR Transferred from Manitoba District July 1949, Dispatcher 1953 ACD 1972 1943sd * ORT1710/1110 Retired Jan 31, 1986
Krissa, MCNR agt Alberta Dis 1943sd ORT1909
Kunkel, E CNR Alberta 1950-2, TD 1952-84
Kurp, TJCNR agt Alberta Dist 1929sd ORT1714
Kuse, MLCNR agt Alberta Dis 1942sd ORT1462
Kyle, JLCNR agt 1942sd *

LaBrier, John (Jack)
NAR Asst Agt Opr-Agt 1949-59
. Dunvegan Yards, C-Office, Morinville, Busby, Barrhead, Picardville, Westlock Bon Accord, Smith, High Prairie, McLennan, Falher, Girouxville, Wanham, Rycroft, Spirit River, Clairmont, Wembley, Pouce Coupe, Dawson Creek, Fairview, Whitelaw, Berwyn, Grimshaw, Belloy
. see Lee, Reg (uncle)

Lacey, Donald F
CPR agt AB & BC late 1950s, early 1960s /d 1995 (Interesting note from daughter: he tore down his house in East Coulee, AB & shipped it by CPR boxcar to Burns Lake, BC Sept 1959 - he rebuilt that home & I was raised for the rest of my childhood in BC
Lambert, RexNAR opr McLennan 1940s
Lane, WTCNR agt Alberta Dis 1907sd ORT63
Larsen, ACNR agt Alberta Dis 1917sd ORT531
Laughlin, DWCNR agt Alberta Dis 1916sd ORT105
Lavergne, JEACNR opr Symington 1950sd
Leach, LHCNR agt Alberta Dis 1922sd ORT953
Lee, RegNAR CTD & TD - Opr 1917 (Approx)-1951 (Uncle to John LaBrier above)
Lenglet, GRCNR agt Alberta Dis 1943sd ORT1829
Lepage, GLCNR agt 1942sd * ORT1732
Lepage, LNCNR agt Alberta Dis 1917sd ORT487
Leslie, CJFCNR agt Alberta Dis 1912sd ORT708
Lester, PCCNR agt Alberta Dis 1905sd ORT19
Lewis, CCCNR agt 1942sd *
Lewis, GOCNR agt Alberta Dis 1942sd *
Lind, ECNR agt Alberta Dis 1944sd ORT2019
Lissenden, GACNR Edmonton 1929-30 1926sd ORT1451
Losinski, MCNR agt Alberta Dis 1942sd ORT1745
Lowes, TomNAR agt 1927
Lutes, LCCNR agt Alberta Dis 1916sd ORT446
Macdonald, ACCNR agt Alberta Dis 1920sd ORT1429
MacKay, RACNR agt Alberta Dis 1916sd ORT413
Makohonvk, PCNR agt Alberta Dis 1944sd ORT1960
Mathers, DWCNR agt Alberta Dis 1910sd ORT522
Matthews, PercyNAR agt Spirit River? 1925
Mawson, JFCNR agt Alberta Dis 1923sd ORT849
McAmmond, KOCNR agt Alberta Dis 1939sd ORT1473
McArthur, EGCNR agt Alberta Dis 1910sd ORT139
McCallum, WOCNR agt Alberta Dis 1943sd ORT1935

McCleary, Albert
CPR agt Alberta ?sd
McCombs, CCED&BCR various stns along line 1926-48
McConnell, HBCNR agt Alberta Dis 1919sd ORT32
McCready, DSCNR agt Alberta Dis 1913sd ORT310
McCulla, JWCNR agt Alberta Dis 1914sd ORT66
McDonald, JDCNR agt Alberta Dis 1912sd ORT268
McDougall, AllanNAR asst agt/opr Spirit River? 1925
McGillis, JPCNR agt Alberta Dis 1923sd ORT894
McHugh, ARCNR agt Alberta Dis 1920sd ORT802
McIlroy, CPCNR agt Alberta Dist 1915sd
McIlroy, GPCNR agt 1942sd * ORT1786
McIntrye, KHCNR Pedley 1950s, Edson & Edmonton divs, relief TD 1952 ACD-CD-TM Edmonton 1970-89
McKenna, JWCNR agt Alberta Dis 1927sd ORT981
McKernan, JamesOn Oct 5 1960, a cairn was placed on the original site of the Hay Lake Telegraph station. This station was established in 1877 by James McKernan, and was the farthest west station situated on the proposed railway right of way at that time that was to run from the east to Fort Edmonton. The line was extended to Fort Edmonton in 1879. (sent by Barry Hovelson)
McLean, FCCNR agt Alberta Dis 1919sd ORT458
McLean, SSCNR agt Alberta Dis 1928sd ORT1278
McLeod, CACNR agt Alberta Dis 1918sd ORT529
McLeod, FrederickNAR agt-opr 1921-?

McManus, Ken J
CNR agt opr 1957-95 /r1995
McMillan, GDCNR agt Alberta Dis 1915sd
McPhee, WACNR agt Alberta Dist 1918sd ORT994
McRae, ACNR agt Alberta Dis 1912sd ORT880
Meloche, DMCNR agt Alberta Dis 1926sd ORT1031
Mercier, JRCNR agt Alberta Dis 1940sd ORT1561
Metherwell, CJCNR Islay 1958
Meunier, AACNR agt Alberta Dis 1919sd ORT1191
Meunier, Francois ECNR Forestburg 1947 AB & SK 1947-52, TD Edson 1952, Port Arthur ON, Calgary AB, Edmonton /r85
Mickelson, SamuelNAR CTD
Michayluk, RDCNR TD Edmonton 1965sd
Miles, PECNR Edmonton d72
Miller, TCNR agt Alberta Dist 1919sd ORT975
Miller, TECNR Leyland 1932
Milner, EWCNR agt Alberta Dis 1928sd ORT1483
Miquelon, GNCNR agt Alberta Dis 1920sd ORT780
Moe, MCJCNR agt Alberta Dis 1944sd
Moore, DintyCPR agt Bow Island
Morgan, PJORT local chairman Edmonton 1945
Morgan, TCNR agt Alberta Dis 1913sd ORT564
Morrison, CHCNR agt Alberta Dis 1944sd ORT1994
Morrison, GECNR agt Alberta Dis 1925sd ORT954
Morrison, HVCNR agt Alberta Dis 1923sd ORT784
Morrow, LACPR Calgary 1943-5 /retired Red Deer 1985

Munsey, J
CNR Opr, Agt-Opr Calgary, Edson & Edmonton Div's
. TD Edson, Kamloops, The Pas, Winnipeg East, Edmonton & Winnipeg West
. Promoted Winnipeg 1957
. /r83 Edmonton (fa below)
Munsey, WFCNR 1923sd ORT842(fa of above)
Murphy, GTCNR agt Alberta Dis 1928sd ORT1598
Murray, JHCNR agt 1943sd ORT1873
Nelson, JMCNR agt Alberta Dis 1944sd ORT>
Newell, RHCNR agt Alberta Dis 1923sd ORT591
Nichols, CZCNR agt Alberta Dis 1915sd ORT225
Nicholson, JDCNR agt 1943sd * ORT1803
Nicholson, JLCNR agt Alberta Dis 1920sd ORT874
Noden, TRCNR agt Alberta Dis 1927sd ORT1346
Norris, LACNR agt Alberta Dis 1944sd
O'Farrell, MECNR agt Alberta Dis 1913sd ORT132
Olsen, JOCNR agt Alberta Dis 1919sd ORT630
Oliver, WRCNR agt Alberta Dis 1916sd ORT411
Olson, JBCNR agt Alberta Dis 1941sd ORT1592
Owens, WMCNR agt Alberta Dis 1919sd ORT1024
Patton, JCNR towerman Alberta Dist 1942sd ORT1726
Parker, JWCNR agt Alberta Dis 1918sd ORT1139
Patterson, GCNR agt Alberta Dist 1925sd ORT1669
Patterson, RECNR agt Alberta Dis 1910sd ORT109
Pehowicz, JCNR agt 1943sd ORT1850
Pendle, FCNR agt Alberta Dis 1922sd ORT820
Perks, FWCNR agt Alberta Dis 1944sd ORT1933
Peterkin, RMCNR agt Alberta Dis 1927sd ORT1046
Peters, TomCNR Meeting Creek 1957
Peters, TACNR agt Alberta Dis 1943sd ORT1918
Phillips, GGCNR agt Alberta Dis 1918sd ORT551
Pitre, ACNR 1941sd *
Pitts, JamesCNR TD Edmonton
Player, FHCNR agt Alberta Dis 1929sd ORT1428
Plum, CHCNR agt Alberta Dis 1920sd ORT689
Pollock, CSCNR agt Alberta Dis 1917sd ORT440
Pratt, WFCNR agt Alberta Dist 1918sd ORT616
Price, CWCNR agt Alberta Dis 1927sd ORT1552
Price, WHCNR agt Alberta Dis 1913sd ORT102
Procyk, JCNR agt Alberta Dis 1944sd ORT1988
Pronovost, ReneCNR RTC Edmonton 1970s (uncle to Bouvier fam see SK & MB)
Raham, ATCNR agt Alberta Dis 1916sd ORT426
Rankin, ?CPR agt Bow Island
Rasmussen, LJCNR agt Alberta Dis 1942sd ORT1646
Reid, HaroldCNR opr Big Valley 1950s
Richard, Robert Jagt Alberta Dis 1943sd ORT1865
Ridington, JCNR agt Alberta Dis 1921sd ORT603
Rintoul, JCNR towerman Alberta Dist 1943sd ORT1989
Riordan, LDCNR agt Alberta Dis 1926sd ORT1280
Ritchie, FWCNR agt Alberta Dist 1923sd ORT1630
Robinson, AJCNR agt Alberta Dis 1919sd ORT650
Robson, RMCNR agt Alberta Dis 1943sd ORT1982
Rogers, ERCNR agt Alberta Dis 1929sd ORT1112
Roland, GusNAR opr

Rosychuk, Peter
NAR opr Westlock
Rothwell, WJCNR Eckville 1943 1941sd ORT1655/d72
Rowland, FJCNR agt Alberta Dist 1917sd ORT739
Rowlands, FWCNR agt Alberta Dis 1929sd ORT1668
Roxburgh, WHCNR agt Alberta Dis 1917sd ORT669
Roy, AECNR agt Alberta Dis 1944sd ORT1955
Ruhl, JCNR agt Alberta Dis 1943sd
Rutherford, PTCNR agt Alberta Dis, ORT local chairman Calgary-Trochu 1945 1914sd ORT36
St.Pierre, JLCNR agt Alberta Dis 1922sd ORT903
St.Pierre, LECNR agt Alberta Dis 1942sd * ORT1676
St.Pierre, RCCNR agt Alberta Dis 1944sd ORT1903
Schmalz, FMCNR agt Alberta Dis 1922sd ORT839
Schmaltz, PPCNR agt Alberta Dis 1942sd ORT1706
Schmidt, ACNR agt Alberta Dis 1920sd ORT695
Shamley, Samuel HCNR Lloydminster
Shaw, Hugh John CNR Opr 1941-81 - last job Edmonton
Sherman, FACNR agt Alberta Dis 1910sd ORT156
Sherman, Robert DelmarCNR op 1970, TD Edmonton (bro below, BC)
Sherman, Robert HenryCNR Mountain region 1944, Vegreville 1982 /r82 (bro above, BC)
Sherman, RHCNR agt Alberta Dis 1944sd ORT1981
Shindel, EdCPR agt Bow Island
Shockey, MLCNR TD Edmonton 1950sd
Sibbald, CECNR agt Alberta Dis 1941sd ORT1701
Sibbald, VDCNR agt Alberta Dis 1914sd ORT124
Sibley, RCCNR agt Alberta Dis 1923sd ORT867
Simmons, AMCNR agt Alberta Dis 1918sd ORT584
Simmons, SLCNR agt Alberta Dis 1922sd ORT807
Sinclair, AGCNR agt Alberta Dis 1911sd ORT454
Smith, CliveNAR messenger
Smith, FGCNR agt Alberta Dis 1917sd ORT683
Smith, HSCNR agt Alberta Dist 1922sd ORT1613
Smith, Shawn ICNR opr Unity, Vermilion, Scotford, Camrose, AB dispr CWR Big Valley - (stn preservation Camrose, Meeting Creek, Donalda, Big Valley)
Snider, KWCNR agt Alberta Dis 1941sd ORT1634
Snider, TBCNR towerman Alberta Dist 1935sd ORT968
Soneff, APCNR agt 1943sd *
Sowden, CECNR agt Alberta Dis 1908sd ORT293

Spachynski, Paul
CPR opr 1947-85
. worked primarily Alberta North Div
. stns include: Willingdon, Lacombe, Wetaskiwin, Coronation, Nisku and others
. last stn South Edmonton
/r 1985
Stephens, TMCNR agt Alberta Dis 1913sd ORT46
Stephen, WTCNR agt Alberta Dist 1922sd ORT1488

Stevenson, JL (Jim)
NAR opr 1939-81 Edmonton /d1995 (was avid HAM opr call VE6IM)
Storey, CWCNR agt Alberta Dis 1915sd ORT270
Strachan, RJCNR TD Roma Jct 1950
Strang, APCNR agt Alberta Dis 1924sd ORT843
Strong, GECNR agt Alberta Dis 1913sd
Syurgis, WFCNR agt Alberta Dis 1907sd ORT91
Sutherland, JohnnyNAR opr
Sutherland, TPCNR agt Alberta Dis 1937sd ORT1476
Swanson, CJNAR CNR TD Peace River 1980
Swift, HoldenNAR relf agt 1925 Spirt River?
Swift, JackNAR asst agt Grand Prairie 1928
Targett, EHCNR agt Alberta Dis 1921sd ORT776
Tario, ARCNR agt Alberta Dis 1944sd
Taylor, William ACPR agt Bow Island
Tebo, LECNR agt Alberta Dis 1920sd ORT746
Tebo, LHCNR agt Alberta Dis 1944sd ORT1987
Thayer, HSCNR agt Alberta Dis 1927sd ORT1392
Thompson, CMCNR agt Alberta Dis 1944sd
Thompson, FJCNR agt Alberta Dis 1944sd * ORT1846
Thompson, GeorgeNAR CTD
Thompson, JCNR agt Alberta Dis 1925sd ORT850
Thornton, NMCNR agt Alberta Dis 1944sd ORT1912
Tiegs, Dean ACNR Opr Vermilion, Waterways, McLennan, Calder (999 desk), Jasper, Harvey BC, Grande Prairie
. CWR opr Big Valley, Meeting Creek, relief dispr Big Valley (Dean was also the co-founder of the Canadian Northern Society preserving stations at Big Valley Camrose Donalda & Meeting Creek AB)
Tilley, HLCNR Calgary division, Jasper, Port Arthur, Prince Albert, Calgary (15 yrs), Edmonton (15 yrs) 1941sd * ORT1674
Tilley, SidCNR agt Oyden for yrs), 1940 (fa of above)
Tilley, SRCNR agt Alberta Dis 1914sd ORT728
Timm, Maxwell ECNR Drumheller 1952
Tipple, SECNR agt Alberta Dis 1925sd ORT864
Tobey, ERCNR agt Alberta Dist 1920sd ORT1242
Tolmie, JBCNR agt Alberta Dis 1916sd ORT316
Torrey, CharlesNAR agt Beaverlodge 1927
Trask, Raymond GCPR Calgary, Drumheller, Banff, Lake Lousie, Red Deer 1948-50 / CNR Prince George 1951
Turner, William (Bil)NAR Sexsmith 1932, TD 1942, CTD r/59

Tustian, Samuel Bradford (Brad)
CPR agt in many Southern Alberta stns:Cowley, Pincher Creek, Picture Butte, Gleichen, Manyberries, Foremost /d60
Tustin, TCNR agt Alberta Dis 1912sd ORT208
Ullman, EECNR agt Alberta Dis 1919sd ORT678
Van Dyke, AHCNR agt Alberta Dis 1922sd ORT607
Viney, BertNAR agt Waterways
Vosper, KFCNR agt Alberta Dis 1944sd ORT1959

Waite Gordon
NAR (Comm) Peace River 1933 Smith 1941
. Gordon died 26 June 2003 at age 88 yrs (born Dec 24, 1914) - he was a wonderful man who shared many terrific morse audio learning tapes with me (RGB), filled with excellent morse & materials - he will be missed by all
Ward, CliffNAR opr 1941
Waters, COCNR agt Alberta Dis 1917sd ORT1571
Watine, MacCarvilleNAR 1934
Watson, HACNR agt Alberta Dis 1929sd ORT1061
Weekes, RECNR agt Alberta Dis 1926sd ORT904
Weir, Blaine ECNR RTC Edmonton
. first hired out in The Pas yard office 1969 as summer student
. 1971 worked var stns as opr &d TD bet'n Thunder Bay & Vancouver (son of Leslie Wir below)

Weir, Leslie R
CPR asst agt Lethbridge Divn 1948
.CPR Calgary Divn opr 1951
. CNR Calgary Divn opr 1952
. CNR TD 1953 Calgary, Smithers, Saskatoon, The Pas, Port Arthur, Winnipeg
. CNR CTD The Pas 1969
. CNR Trainmaster 1972 Maniotoba Dis
. CNR Asst Supt. 1976 Saskatoon
. CNR Opns Control Officer Winnipeg 1977
. CNR Labour Relations Officer Montreal 1979
. CNR Supt Transportation Winnipeg 1980
. CNR Asst. General Supt. Winnipeg 1983
. Retired CNR 1986
. Transportation Safety Board of Canada Chief of Rail Accident Investigations 1988-93 & edited their magazine "Rail Safety Reflexions" for seven years after retired (son above, Blaine Weir)
Wells, HDCNR agt Alberta Dis 1928sd ORT1407
West, FBCNR agt Alberta Dis 1924sd ORT905
West, HVCPR? 1915, Regina, to CNR Winnipeg?
Whelpley, WCNR agt Alberta Dis 1918sd ORT207
Whiteman, Cathy. started her career in Edmonton on June 3, 1984 & wrote up in Edmonton January 1987
. promoted to Asst Chief 1992
. now working in Service Design, but still holds her seniority as Opr & Dispatcher
Widdifield, LRCNR opr 1948
Williams, ETCNR agt Alberta Dis 1919sd ORT691
Williams, Marion ECPR Drumheller / CNT 'D' office, Jasper / DGT Burns Lake BC
Williams, RFHCNR agt 1942sd *
Wilson, EMCNR agt Alberta Dis sd ORT1103
Wilson, PCNR agt Alberta Dis 1926sd ORT978
Wilson, WGCPR Crossfield 1953, various stns AB Dis ? to 1958
Wolfe, MAHCNR agt Alberta Dis 1920sd
Woodcock, LBCNR agt Alberta Dis 1927sd ORT1222
Wright, FHCNR agt Alberta Dis 1926sd ORT1283
Wright, SFCNR agt Alberta Dis 1944sd ORT2000
Wuetherick, ECNR agt Alberta Dis 1919sd ORT563
Yagilashek, ECNR 1950s/d
Youell, AVCNR agt Alberta Dis 1914sd ORT333

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