T. W. HICKSON, Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania.
Every railroad man on the Bradford Division knows T. W. Hickson, and knows him favorably, for it is he, with good old engine No. 1111, that helps their heavy trains over the hill at Johnsonburg. Mr. Hickson was born July 7, 1859, in Norton, Kings County, New Brunswick, and is the son of Thomas Hickson, a prominent resident of that place. He received his early education in his native town, and in 1881 left home and went to Bangor, Maine, where he ran a stationary engine for four and a half years. He then went to Boston for nine months, returning to Bangor, where he stayed until April, 1886, when he went to Bradford. Here he worked as a night watchman and stationary engineer for a few months, beginning his railroad career as a fireman on the Bradford Division of the Erie in November, 1886. His knowledge of engines and general efficiency won him promotion to engineer in less than two years, and then for a number of years he ran on the rounds on the freight service. In August, 1898, he was sent to Johnsonburg, where he runs the pusher on the steep hill at that place.

Mr. Hickson is a member of B. of L. E., Division 280, and is a highly competent engineer, who has the well wishes and respect of both his superiors and fellow engineers. In 1883 he was married to Miss C. E. Harris, who died in 1896, and in October, 1897, he was united in marriage to Miss Marie Filgrove, an accomplished young lady of Bradford.

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