Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1915 — Railroad Chief at Throttle. [ARTICLE]

Railroad Chief at Throttle.

Because of the illness of the regular engineer on the Anthony and Northern railroad, O. P. Byers of Hutchinson, president of the line, donned overalls, climbed into the cab, and took the regular train out of Pratt on time. He made the regular “run” today and this evening was the engineer on a special train. A concert by the Indian Band at Pratt is the cause of an excursion from Byers, the new town at the end of the line, sixteen miles from Pratt Seventy-five farmers and their wives went to hear that concert and they wanted to be back home tonight. Mr. Byers returned to the engineer’s cab after a quarter of a century’s absence. As he is the “whole railroad” he gave his own orders, then climbed into the cab and performed the work. —Hutchinson (Kan.) Dispatch to Philadelphia Inquirer.