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Title: Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Subjects: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Publisher: (Baltimore, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad)
Contributing Library: University of Maryland, College Park
Digitizing Sponsor: LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation

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for what reason theyare excusing themselves. It i& sometimes said that men have torun by signals, on rainy or foggy nights,without being sure of their position. 8 THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO EMPLOYES MAGAZINE Otherwise they would be taken off thepreferred run or, at least, criticised. Ihave been in the operating department ofthis road for twenty-five years, and havenever yet known of an engineer beingcensured where he could not make timebecause of fog or extremely stormyweather. Often a message is sent an en-gineer asking the cause of the delay.Some might consider this as a criticism. It is not . It is necessary to make a reportof every delay and it is to enable a localofficer to do this that the message is sent.President Willard has said to every officerand employe that Safety is to be the firstconsideration, comfort of passenger? nextand speed or punctuality last. He wasoutlining his policy to be followed by all.A copy of this talk was sent to each em-ploye in the service.—Employe.
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ENGINE No. 1401 The picture on the cover of the magazine is the front view of this engine. This photograph was taken on the turntable at Riverside after the engine had .been repaired in the round house. The Safety First monogram was made in the shops onthe initiative cf Foreman Brady and his men. It is constructed in a very substantial manner from heavy brass and iskept in a highly polished condition by the engine crew. No. 1401 makes a fine showing with the new monogram and has created much favorable comment among the men. 1401has been in service since 1886, and runs between Baltimore and Hagerstown. John Hartman, air brakeman, is in the cab. The hits you made yesterday dont win today s game PRIZE CONTEST FOR TICKET SELLERS AGREAT deal has been said and written aboutpoliteness of Ticket A gents, and the observationof years shows that a man selling tickets who isnot polite and agreeable in his manner is unsuccessful inadvancement and frequently in trouble.^ There is, however, another

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