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Rip Van Winkle Railroads
Catskill Mountain - Otis - Cairo - Catskill & Tannersville

Employee & Management Database
Narrow Gauge Railroads of the Catskill Mountains



The Beach Family

Charles L. Beach, on right.

Charles Addison Beach

George H. Beach



Catskill Mountain Railway


Management

Presidents

Charles L. Beach, Alfred Van Santvoord, Charles A. Beach, George H. Beach

Vice Presidents

Isaac Pruyn, Charles L. Beach, W. J. Jennings

Treasurer

Orrin Day

Secretary

Samuel L. Penfield

General Superintendents
and Secretaries

Charles A. Beach, T. E. Jones

Master Mechanic

John P. Driscoll

Receivers

George H. Beach and Thomas E. Jones (1915-1918)
Thomas E. Jones (1919)

Thomas E. Jones

Isaac Pruyn

Alfred Van Santvoord

 

Employees

From left to right - Rear row - Frank J. Ruf, engineer; John Driscoll, master mechanic; George Richter, switchman. Front row - William H. Driscoll, engineer; Jesse Oakley, engineer; James Salisbury, carpenter; Charles Long, engineer; Robert Osterhout, car knocker.

Name

Position(s)

James Beach West Shore Station Agent
Ward Bogardus Conductor, Trainman & Baggage Master
William Bogardus Conductor
John Bordt Trainman & Baggage Master
Martin Brewer Conductor
B. L. Chichester Trainman & Baggage Master

Michael Cimorelli

Fireman

Robert Coffin Trainman & Baggage Master, Helper @ Catskill Landing

William Coffin

Engineer

A. A. Cole Catskill Village Station Agent
J. Cole Trainman & Baggage Master
Goodwin Cowles Catskill Village Station Agent

Richard Covell

Fireman

Will Covell Trainman & Baggage Master

John Craig

Engineer

Elton Cummings Trainman & Baggage Master
James Cunningham Helper @ Catskill Village
Percy W. Decker Catskill Landing Station Agent

John L. Driscoll

Engineer

William H. Driscoll

Engineer

Arthur Dowling Trainman & Baggage Master
Van Duncan Helper @ Catskill Landing
William Duston Trainman & Baggage Master
Clifford Dykeman Catskill Village Station Agent
Sherman Earl Trainman & Baggage Master

Addison Edwards

Engineer

Burton L. Edwards Trainman & Baggage Master
R. Ellliot Trainman & Baggage Master
Abram Felter Trainman & Baggage Master

William Felter

Fireman

Walter Finch

Fireman

Harry J. Fox Catskill Landing Station Agent
E. S. Freese Cairo Station Agent

William Freese

Fireman

Percy Gardner Trainman & Baggage Master
W. A. Gardner Palenville Station Agent
C. Garrison Catskill Landing Station Agent
A. Griffen Otis Junction Station Junction, Palenville Station Agent
Addison Groat Trainman & Baggage Master
Charles Halcott Switchman
R. Halcott Trainman & Baggage Master
George Hanford Conductor

Martin Hart

Trackman

Claude Heath

Engineer

M. Harry Hill Catskill Landing Station Agent
Dennis Holmes Trainman & Baggage Master

Hiland Holmes

Fireman

John Hulbert Trainman & Baggage Master

Millard Jerome

Fireman

Henry Kells Trainman & Baggage Master
Sheldon Lane Conductor

Wesley Lewis

Fireman

Charles Lockwood Trainman & Baggage Master

Charles F. Long

Engineer

Edward Loveland

Fireman

L. R. "Roy" McGlashan

Engineer

H. M. Moore Trainman & Baggage Master
Joseph Nealis Trainman & Baggage Master
F. North Trackman

Jesse Oakley

Engineer

W. Irving Osborn Conductor
Robert Osterhout Switchman
C. Ostrom Trainman & Baggage Master

Kinsley Parkes

Fireman

Harry Philes

Fireman

A. W. Phillips Trainman & Baggage Master
J. B. Phinney South Cairo Station Agent

Fred Prediger

Fireman

George Richter Switchman, Trainman & Baggage Master
Frank Rockefeller Helper @ Catskill Village
Herbert Rockefeller

Trainman & Baggage Master

Francis Ruf

Engineer

Ralph Ruland Trainman & Baggage Master
Patrick Ryan Trackman
James Salisbury Carpenter

F. Scott

Fireman

William Shufelt

Engineer

Edward Staples

Fireman

Edward Steenburn Trainman & Baggage Master
Chester Stewart Trainman & Baggage Master
William Teal Trackman
Lester Thorn Trainman & Baggage Master
W. H. Thorne West Shore Station Agent
Peter Timmerman Trainman & Baggage Master
Ira Tolley Cairo Station Agent
James B. Tolley Conductor, Trainman & Baggage Master
Del Utter Conductor
M. Van Loan Switchman
Burr Vaughn Conductor
Frank L. Vedder Conductor, Trainman & Baggage Master

Edward Warner

Engineer

William Whitcomb

Conductor
Chauncey Wolcott South Cairo Station Agent

J. B. Wolcott

Trainman & Baggage Master

George Wolfert

Otis Junction Station Agent

The Catskill Village ticket office in 1914. Left to right, Lee Terwilliger, Goodwin Cowles, Agent Al Cole, and James Cunningham.


Cairo Railroad


Management

Presidents

Lewis Wolfe, A. V. S. Olcott, Charles L. Rickerson

Vice Presidents

J. D. Hasbrouck

Secretary-Treasurer

W. J. Hughes

Secretary

Samuel Harris

Treasurer

Frederick Hill

 

 

Otis Elevating Railway


Management

Elmer Mower, conductor.

Presidents

Charles L. Rickerson, A. V. S. Olcott

Vice Presidents

W. D. Baldwin, Charles T. Van Santvoord

Secretary-Treasurer

C. C. Hager

Secretary

W. Y. Hawley

Treasurer

Thomas. E. Jones

General Superintendent

Charles A. Beach

Receivers

Thomas E. Jones



Employees

Name Position(s)
Allen Banks Engineer
Howard Crapser Towerman
W. H. Driscoll Engineer
Carson Edwards Conductor
Alvin Folk Brakeman & Baggage Master
Ed Goodwin Towerman
August Graf Brakeman & Baggage Master
John Graf Trackman
James Halcott Towerman
C. Howard Fireman
W. E. Howard Brakeman & Baggage Master
Victor Howard Conductor
L. R. "Roy" McGlashan Towerman
Henry Morton Trackman
Elmer Mower Conductor
S. Parsell Engineer
Charles Stewart Brakeman & Baggage Master
E. Taylor Brakeman & Baggage Master
William Whitcomb Conductor

Catskill & Tannersville Railway


Management

Presidents

Charles L. Rickerson, A. V. S. Olcott

Vice Presidents

Charles L. Beach, James Stead

Secretary-Treasurer

Charles A. Beach

Secretary

William Y. Hawley

Treasurer 

Thomas E. Jones

Receivers

William Y. Hawley, Thomas E. Jones

Office Staff

Harry E. Jones (clerk), Mary A. Decker (stenographer)

A Catskill & Tannersville Railway track gang on the shores of North Lake.

 

Employees

Name Position(s)
George Backman Tannersville Station Agent
Charles Blackett Conductor
W. Bogart Trainman & Baggage Master
William Carnright Haines Corners Station Agent
H. Cole Fireman
G. H. Craft Engineer
Arthur Dowling Trainman & Baggage Master
J. Fray Otis Summit Station Agent
Percy H. Gardner Conductor
C. W. Garrison Otis Summit Station Agent
Charles Greene Engineer
S. Greene Trainman & Baggage Master
Wesley Greene Engineer
T. R. Hargreaves Otis Summit Station Agent
Claude Heath Engineer
M. Harry Hill Otis Summit Station Agent
H. Hommell Trainman & Baggage Master
Howard Humphrey Trainman & Baggage Master
James H. Layman Conductor
Wesley Lewis Fireman
Christopher Newkirk Blacksmith
E. Newkirk Fireman
Frank North Trackman
J. B. North Trainman & Baggage Master
Herbert O'Hara Conductor
John O'Hara Tannersville Station Agent
William Ryan Haines Corners Station Agent
E. Taylor Trainman & Baggage Master
Edward Warner Engineer

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