Erie Railroad Employee Rosters - Delaware Division

1890 Directory, Delaware Division Cities
The 1890 U.S. Census was largely destroyed in a 1921 fire at the Commerce Department Building in Washington, D.C. One good substitute for that census are local directories that list individuals, locations and occupations. Michael G. Higgins rescued the 1890 Directory for the following Erie cities: Callicoon, Cochecton, Deposit, Hale's Eddy, Hancock, Hankins, Lackawaxen, Lanesboro, Long Eddy, Mill Rift, Lordville, Mast Hope, Narrowsburgh, Parker's Glen, Pond Eddy, Oquaga, Rosas, Shohola, Sparrowbush, Stockport, Summit, Susquehanna and Tusten. Thanks to Michael for sharing his PDF scans of this document.

Port Jervis Personnel File Index
Several decades ago, Blake Tatar rescued boxes of personnel records from the Port Jervis roundhouse just prior to their scheduled destruction. He has kept them safe all these years and in 2010 donated them to the Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, PA. Steamtown volunteers, led by Historian/Archivist Patrick McKnight, have catalogued and indexed the files and made them available to researchers. The linked file is a PDF of the index data with one employee per page, searchable through the PDF search box.

1913, 1925, 1936 Directories, Susquehanna, PA
These local directories list residents of Susquehanna, Oakland and Lanesboro in 1913. Many Erie employees can be found within these pages. Directory scans are courtesy of Michael G. Higgins.

1932 DELAWARE DIVISION ROSTER
This privately published advertising roster (published by Thomas Lebert of Greenfield, Mass.) contains the names of engineers, firemen, and conductors active on the Delaware Division, and is a part of a larger roster that includes the New York Division. Thanks to George Hartwell for these images.

1939-1940 DELAWARE DIVISION ROSTER
This privately published advertising roster (attributed to "Lebert's") contains 285 individuals employed as engineers, firemen, conductors, trainmen, and brakemen active on the Delaware Division. Footnotes are listed at the end of the index file. Roster is from the webmaster's collection.

DELAWARE & SUSQUEHANNA DIVISIONS
The 1941 "A" and "B" rosters cover 434 employees (mostly clerical) active on the Delaware and Susquehanna Divisions as well as the Hornell District as they existed in 1941. The purpose of the "A" and "B" lists was to determine seniority of employees on each division. While the significance of the "A" and "B" is not known, it appears that the "A" list shows that the two operating divisions were dove-tailed together March 16, 1932. The "B" list shows that the Hornell District was apparently dove-tailed into the roster with the other two divisions on September 1, 1936. The oldest seniority date can determine which division the employee is from. These rosters were contributed by Robert Bahrs, and I am indebted to him for both the information as well as the interpretation!
PHOTO RIGHT: Hornell Shops Clerical Staff, 1938

SUSQUEHANNA, WYOMING & DELAWARE DIVISIONS, SIGNAL DEPT., 1943
This company roster lists signalmen working in the above divisions as of January, 1943. This roster is courtesy of Doug Kinney, from the colection of his grandfather, Ellsworth Hill.

SUSQUEHANNA, & DELAWARE DIVISIONS, TELEGRAPH OPERATORS ROSTER, 1943
This company roster lists operators working in the above divisions as of January 1, 1943. This roster is courtesy of Doug Kinney, from the colection of his grandfather, Ellsworth Hill.

DELAWARE DIVISION, 1951
This seniority roster contains the names of 132 Telegraphers (Operators) active on both the Susquehanna Division and Delaware Division. Covers hire dates between 1893 and 1950.

SUSQUEHANNA, WYOMING, DELAWARE, BUFFALO & ROCHESTER DIVISIONS, SIGNAL DEPT., 1959
This company roster lists signalmen working in the above divisions as of January, 1959. This roster is courtesy of Doug Kinney, from the colection of his grandfather, Ellsworth Hill.