Erie Railroad Biography - Andrew J. Quick


From the April, 1905 issue of Erie Railroad Magazine:
Veteran engineer A.J. Quick has resumed duty on trains 4 and 7, after experiencing a siege of the grip.




From the September, 1914 issue of Erie Railroad Magazine and October, 1914 Locomotive Engineers Monthly Journal:
OBITUARY, ANDREW J. QUICK.
When the grim reaper called the name of "Jack" Quick, it summoned another of the veterans of the Erie Railroad (Aug. 20, 1914), and one more of the men who helped to build the line away back in the sixties, and a man who was known all along the line from New York to Chicago.

Andrew Jackson Quick was born in Port Jervis, N.Y., December 10, 1842. He came to the old A. & G.W. as a boy and helped to build the road, the first railroad in this section, and on September 9, 1865, he was made a locomotive engineer. (He was admitted to the B of LE, Division 43, on Dec. 7, 1889). That marked his calling for the balance of his active days, and for a period of about 48 years, nearly half a century, he held his position and filled it with credit to himself and to the satisfaction of his employers. His life on the road was uneventful, though not wholly unmarked by accident and incident, but when he was retired from service a year or so ago he left the employ of the company with a clean record and a host of friends all along the line.

Mr. Quick in his lifetime held the throttle on the best trains on the Erie, and until about 10 years ago pulled through trains. Then he was transferred to the Franklin Branch, where he finished his railroad work and was finally retired. Mr. Quick is survived by his widow, Catherine, (to whom a $3,000 Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers insurance policy was paid out to), one son, James R., of Greenville, an engineer on the Bessemer, and two daughters, Anna and Ethel.


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