ALLEN C. LAMBERT, Bergen, New Jersey.
On February 12, 1845, Allen C. Lambert was born in Lumberland, Sullivan County, New York, being the son of Oliver W. Lambert, who for forty years has been construction foreman for the Delaware & Hudson Company. The young man received a good common school education, having been a close student until he was 15 years of age, at which time he left off his studies to take up the more serious problems of life. For three years he worked at different things, but in March, 1863, he answered the call of his country by enlisting in Company B of the 56th New York Volunteers, remaining in the service until the close of the war. On December 20, 1871, he began his railroad career as a fireman in the employ of the Erie, and for nine years ran on the New York Division of the Erie between Port Jervis and Jersey City. In 1889 he was promoted to engineer and given a run on the New York Division pulling freight, which he held until 1894 when at his own request he was given a switch engine in the Bergen yards, his duties there giving him the opportunity of spending more time at home with his family. Mr. Lambert is regarded as one of the Erie's most efficient freight men, and is highly esteemed by his railroad associates and fellow citizens. He is a member of the Port Jervis Lodge, No. 28, Order of Red Men, and Port Jervis Lodge, No. 328, F. & A.M.


Excerpted from: "American Locomotive Engineers, Erie Railway Edition," H.R. Romans Editor; Crawford-Adsit Company Publishers, Chicago, IL 1899.