Evening journal., 1915-01-20
TO END "a Years Of
railroad Service
Frank Carlisle, PennSy
Veteran, on Retired List
Feb. |
ROAD REVOLUTION
DURING HIS LIFE

On February I, Frank Carlisle, freight
trannastcr OF the H. b. and w. II. r..
viii be retired from active service, ON
account OF having reached his soventioth
year, which H. the retiring age limit
according TO the rules of the company.
Mr. Carlisle was born in Germany ON
january H.. 1913, and began his ser
vices with the r. W. and B. h. Il. Com
pany as telegraph operator, on August
( %, 1851, working at various points ON
the Maryland aud Delaware Divisions.
/ In 1864 hc was made assistant train
dispatcher with headquarters at VIII
B mngton. assisting the handling of train
movements ON both the Maryland and
! Delaware Divisions He remained iu
this position until january l. ISL
/ when he was promoted Go train dis
patchcr On October =. 1873, the train
dispatchcrs Office was moved 20 Pmla-
delphia and located IN the passenger sta-
tion at Broad and Prime streets, and
: Mr.. Carlisle was promoted TO the poo
(, sition of chief train dispatcher ON the
! Maryland Division. all train orders he.
ing issued over his signature. ON No
vembcr I, 1852. Mr.. Carlisle was made
trainmaster of the Maryland Division
and located at BROAD Street station
ION July !. lSS3, the division offices OF
the =. w and b. r. X. Company were
moved 30 Wilmington, az which point
Mr.. Carlisle has since been located. On
September I, 1909 the business having
increased 1T was deemed advisable "a
separate the passenger and freight busi
ness and Nj Carlisle was appointe.
freight trainmaster in order that m
entire time might be given TO tha
branch OF the service
During Mr. Carlisles career OF nearl
"a years with tine railroad company, il
has witnessed the growth Of snel
track railroad To- an active two, tlro
and four track main line division, opc'
ating between three of the largest Eas'
: cn cities of the United States, and th
increasing of the number of miles
active operation from nine. ysiN to tw
- hundred and fifty; the abandonment
o the ferry service between Perryville an
, Hayre de Grace; the erection of tW
. bridges across the Susquohannu rive
= the double-tracking of the Bush aI
Gnpowder river bridges; tie constru
/, tion of new line between philadelph
q and Eddystunc. the abandonment of Il
g terminal at Broad and Washington ay
= lmc. Philadelphia; the operation
s trains into Broad Street Station; d
a abandonment of President street tern
, lnal I'm Baltimore; the four tracking
4 the division between Philadelphia an
- Wilmington; the building OF the lar
9 freight yard at Edge Moor; the bull
# ing of the cutoff around Milmingt
e for freight purposes; the erection
a two new passenger stations aud off
If building at Wilmington; the merging
1t the Philadelphia. Wilmington and Bal
.e mere railroad with the Baltimore a
" Potomac railroad, forming the prese
IS Philadelphia. Baltimore and Nashil
ton Railroad Company; the applicati
Of OF safety appliances TO both passcn;
As land freight cars; the heating of pa
he scnger equipment by steam, and {
he cquipping of the entire main line Wi
l. interlockne and automatic signals,
we'll as many other Improvements.
ie At the same time Mr., Carlisle b
j. gan his services there were in oper
n ton only two passenger trains b
10 tween Wilmington and Philadelphi
and three through passenger trail
ID i'm each direction between PhiladC
Ie phia and Baltimore The freight sc
J. vice was performed by two freig
trains and one or two through freig
r trains in each direction. This servi
t. has now increased so that under h
d jurisdiction there is in operate
twenty-five local freight trains da
g. and many through freight trail
II which vary in number from one sc
l. son 10 another. The weight of the c
-, 90. ho. fu.roaepd from thirty To-
Is to one hundred and seventy-siX to
,r and the capacity of the cars from q
l. tons to one hundred tons.