circa 1900 The New York Central Lines Big Four Shop Band at Mt.Carmel IL. CCC&STL had a car/loco facility there, tho the major rebuild/build facility was at Beech Grove. This picture came from a relative of H.E.Johnson who worked for NYC til his death in 1942. His daughter, Betty, believes he was a member of this Band. Lawrence Baggerly Collection.
Nice photo. Those spiffy uniforms really show pride in their work. Somehow, I don't think you could convince a group of railroad employees to join a company-sponsored band and don uniforms today, especially not after-hours on their own time.
Check out some of those musicians, some of them are still kids! This is when boys went to work at a young age! Charlie
More neat stuff, Roger. Hank, you are right. I doubt anyone would sign up, or for that matter, do any young folks play any instruments other than guitars and keyboards? :tb-sad:
