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Post by SSW9389 on Dec 15, 2008 16:32:25 GMT -5
C. W. "Red" Standefer and J. B. "Ben" Malone pose on Cotton Belt G2 Consolidation #513 . The photo was taken about 1921, both Ben and Red are Cotton Belt Firemen. Both will be promoted to Cotton Belt Engineers in 1939. The 513 was built in February '09 and was scrapped in October of '48. Red Standefer railroaded from 1917-1967 and retired as a #1 Engineer on the seniority roster of the Southern (TEXAS) Division of the Cotton Belt.  |
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Post by SSW9389 on Dec 18, 2008 10:58:48 GMT -5
Cotton Belt Firemen J. B. "Ben" Malone and C. W. "Red" Standefer are all dressed up and waiting for a train in front of the Commerce Union Station in 1921. Perhaps they are going to Dallas or Fort Worth. Maybe it is a deadhead move, but they seem very overdressed for that. I strongly suspect this photo was taken by Ms. Era Ross who became Mrs. C. W. Standefer in 1922.  |
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Post by SSW9389 on Dec 31, 2008 12:53:55 GMT -5
C. W. "Red" Standefer and J. B. "Ben" Malone were both promoted to Cotton Belt Engineers in 1939. This was after a ten year gap in promotions because of the Great Depression.  |
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Post by SSW9389 on Apr 10, 2009 4:46:02 GMT -5
From the January 1, 1922 Fireman's Seniority List of the Southern (Texas) Division of the Cotton Belt I found that C. W. "Red" Standefer was #51 on a list of 163 Firemen and had become a fireman on January 8, 1918. J. B. "Ben" Malone was #56 on the same list and had become a fireman on February 28, 1919. Way to go guys! Red Standefer was also qualified on the list as a Switch Engineer if needed.
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Post by SSW9389 on May 11, 2009 3:16:29 GMT -5
Billy Null heard from. For those of you who don't know him Billy Null works for the Borg as an engineer. He has worked for a railroad, starting with the Cotton Belt, since 1948! Yes Billy is an old timer and a #1 Engineer like Red Standefer was.
Ed
--- On Sun, 5/10/09, Ed Cooper wrote:
> From: Ed Cooper
> Subject: Fw: RE: Cotton Belt (1921 SSW photo attached)
> To: "Ed Cooper"
> Date: Sunday, May 10, 2009, 1:55 PM
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> --- On Sun, 5/10/09, Billy Null
> From: Billy Null
> Subject: RE: Cotton Belt (1921 SSW photo attached)
> To: "'Ed Cooper'"
> Date: Sunday, May 10, 2009, 1:43 PM
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> ED---
> YES, I DID FIRE FOR RED STANDEFER AND BEN MALONE IN THE
> 50’S AND EARLY 60’S. BEN WAS A VERY POPULAR WITH
> THE MEN-- EXCELLENT ENGINEER. I REALLY ENJOYED WORKING
> WITH HIM. BEST I CAN REMEMBER BEN DIED IN
> 1962.
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> PLEASE
> LET ME KNOW IF I CAN HELP YOU W/ANY OTHER
> INFO.
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> BILLY
> NULL
> From: Ed Cooper
> Sent: Friday,
> April 24, 2009 6:12 PM
> To: Billy Null
> Subject: Cotton Belt (1921 SSW photo attached)
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> Billy: We met briefly at the first Cotton Belt Symposium, the one with the ice
> storm on November 30, 2006. I was the guy doing the slide
> show. You were the guy that told many great Cotton Belt
> stories. I found your email on something John Morris sent
> out today and decided to write. Thanks for the Red Standefer
> story, do you have any others? Did you ever fire for Red? I
> am still working on Red's biography while waiting for a
> book publisher to make up his mind on the book. If you ever
> decide to write your own story or tell your own story(s) I
> would love to help out on that.
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> I have attached a
> couple of photos of C. W. "Red" Standefer and
> J. B. "Ben" Malone taken about 1921. Both
> were Firemen when the photos were taken and both would be
> promoted to Engineer in 1939. There are a number of Red
> Standefer's photographs at the Commerce Public Library
> and with his youngest grandson Mark.
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> Ed
> Cooper
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> Shelbyville ,
> KY
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