BRISON H. MOORE, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania.
The records of the Erie will show the promotion of several very youthful firemen to the important position of engineers, and among the younger of that number appears the name of Brison H. Moore, who was transferred to the right-hand side of the cab when he was a few months past 19 years of age. Mr. Moore is the son of Charles B. Moore of Montrose, Pennsylvania, in which city he was born February 17, 1869. He is the possessor of a fine education, having attended closely to his studies until he was 16 years of age. He then entered the service of the Erie as a machinist's helper, and after working in the shop six months he was advanced to fireman. Here his genius was fully shown, and as he was reliable besides being competent, he was promoted to engineer in the fall of 1888, after firing but two years, the last year being on passenger trains Nos. 1 and 8, between Hornellsville and Susquehanna. Since his promotion he has been running freight between Hornellsville and Susquehanna, and he is regarded as one of the best runners and most reliable engineers on the division. He is a member of Starrucca Lodge No. 137, B. of L. E., and is a brother of Byron C. Moore, an engineer also running out of Susquehanna. Mr. Moore is unmarried and is a social favorite in the city's polite circles, as well as on terms of friendship with his fellow employes.

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

From the September, 1915 issue of Erie Railroad Magazine:
B.H. Moore, engineer, Susquehanna Division, made 26,332 miles in fast freight service, from September 19, 1914 to July 15, 1915 without an engine failure.

From the October, 1928 issue of Erie Railroad Magazine:
B.H. Moore, engineer, brought engine 2937, rain 2, to Susquehanna after a pin had been lost out of the throttle lever rods, by substituting a wooden pin, thus avoiding delay to the train.

From the May, 1929 issue of Erie Railroad Magazine:
A reader in Owego says it would be fine if the Erie would put distinguishing labels on the Moore boys, B.H. and B.C., engineers on fast passenger trains Numbers 1 and 2, according to the Susquehanna Transcript. B.C. shoots by on one train, and a few minutes later B.H. whizzes by in the other direction. Many people around Owego think it is the one and the same Moore who is travelling in both directions at the same time. It has been suggested that B.C. wear a pink carnation and that B.H. wear a white rose. Thus the natives of Owego would be able to prove that the same engineer does not ride both trains at the same time. In other words, there is more than one MOORE engineer on the Erie.

From the May, 1937 issue of Erie Magazine:
Susquehanna Division engineer B.H. Moore of Susquehanna was retired recently and placed on the special allowance payroll at the age of 68 after 50 years, 2 months of service.

From the March, 1938 issue of Erie Railroad Magazine:
The Moore brothers, Bryson H. and Byron C., Erie passenger engineers, have been parted by death, the former having died suddenly while coming away from a visit with Byron C. They were inseparable companions and resembled each other so much that only their nearest friends could tell them apart. Both lived in Susquehanna and for years piloted passenger trains 1 and 2 until their retirement last year.

Along the Susquehanna Division, "There goes BH" meant that a speeding express was whirling along and would arrive on time at the end of the division. In piloting trains 1 and 2 in former days, the brothers generally passed each other at a point along the division. At one time the two trains forming the Southern Tier Express combination, arrived and departed from the Susquehanna station at about the same time. "B.H." would step down from his engine on the arriving train, register at the station, and then watch to see brother "B.C." leaving on the westbound train.

Mr. Moore was 68 years old, and had 51 years of service with the Erie.

He is survived by his wife, his mother, Mrs. Olive Moore, a daughter, Mrs. Donald Agler, and two sisters, Mrs. Charles A. Brown, Oakland, and Mrs. C.E. Masters, Watervliet, and two brothers, Byron C. of Oakland, and R. Bruce, of Bakersfield, CA.