Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1925-11-28
Popular1 Assistant
Trainmaster Retired
Mr.. Harry D. Renniger, Of This City,
Placed Upon Pennsylvania Pen
sion Roll November LIST

The Peninsula Enterprise Of
Saturday last contains the fol-
lowing account of one of POGO
moke City's people. Mr.. Rem
ninger is the father of Mrs. Rog-
er w. Landlord, and is highly
esteemed in Pocomoke:
After nearly half century of loyal
and efficient service with the Pennsyi-
vania Railroad System, Harry D. Rem
ringer, assistant train master, was
retired from active duty on Nov. 1
1925, and placed upon the Pension
Roll or "Roll of Honor" of the Pen,l-
sylvania system.
Mr.. Reninger was born at North
cumberland, Pa, Feb. II, 1860, and
etered the service of the old New
York, Philadelphia & Norfolk Rail
road (now the Norfolk Division of the
p. r. R.,) as a Baggage master OH
January Both, 1885, little over three
months after the road was completed
to Cape Charles. He was later pro
NOTED to freight and passenger con-
ductors, in which positions he served
the Company with merit and distinc-
ton. On November 1, 1909 he was
appointed Assistant Train master with
headquarters at Delmar, Del, and
remained in that capacity until his re-
tiremo mt.
Mi. Renninger's entire service with
the company totals 3 years. His SER
vice on the Norfolk Division is I'M
broken, though he worked a little ov-
er two years on the Northern Central
Railroad prior to coming with the N.
Y p. & N. He made for himself an
excellent record and one of which any
man would have a right to feel proud.
Mr.. Renninger recalls a number Of
incidents which happened concerning
the N. Y. P. & N. and it's progress
during his active service, which may
be of interest to those who are not
as old in the service as he. During a
recent interview with him, the writer
had the pleasure of recording the fol-
lowing facts, which are quoted below
in Mr.. Renninger's own words:
zone of my first remembrances is
that it was my pleasure to have work
ed under all of the superintendent of
the NY. P. & N. from Mr.. McConkey
to the present one, Mr.. Allen. When
I entered the service the old wood
burning engines were still being used
on the branch road hauling trains of
from 20 to rs cars, their capacity be-
ing from 10000 to $4,000 pounds. A
10000 pound capacity car was 'jum-
be- in those days. l have seen the en-
gines improve from year to year, "a
long with all the rolling equipment.
Today the H-9 locomotives pull trains
of 100 Gals, each from 100000 to $780,,
600 pounds capacity.
"One Of the great improvements
and the automatic coupling device was
adopted, displacing the old link and
pin. While working for the Northern
Central before coming to the N. Y. P,
& N, | used to see the N. Y. P. & N,
freight cars in Baltimore yard equip
ped with the automatic coupling and
air brake and thought it must be
wonfe rful road to nave such rolling
equ-- .ne4... After coming here l dis
covered it was a great road and my
forty-three years of service have
strengthened my early convictions.
eve all know what the Safety
First movement has meant to the
men. To me it has been wonderful.
"The first N. Y. P. & N. road was
a single track with dirt ballast. Oyster
shells and gravel followed as ballast,
but both were unsatisfactory. Today
it has double track and stone ballast
which makes very fine road bed.
"In the early days we had one pas
senger train each way daily and one
mixed train each way daily except
Sunday. The floating equipment con-
sisted of one steamboat which landed
passengers at the far end of the
freight station at Cape Charles, as
there was no harbor at that time.
"All the improvements through the
last years have gone towards building
a fine system which is on a par with
the finest in the country.
MAY l say in closing that the per-
sonnet of the road from the superin-
tendent to the trackmen is above re-
preach and it is happy memory to
me to look back on the years that
I have worked with these men,"
A few days prior to the effective
date of his retirement Superintendent
Porter Allen and Train Master J. J..
Restein each wrote congratulatory let