Frank E. Boyd

From the October, 1914 issue of Erie Railroad Magazine:
Frank Boyd, Engineer, Delaware Division, discovered a broken rail one and one half miles east of Oquaga in eastbound track recently and took prompt measures in notifying trackmen, who replaced the defective rail.

From the August, 1919 issue of Erie Railroad Magazine:
F.F. Boyd, Delaware Division engineer, discovered and made a prompt report of a broken wheel on a milk car at Deposit, NY, the car having been assigned for movement on train 46. This vigilance enabled action to be taken before the train got under way.

From the April, 1927 issue of Erie Railroad Magazine:
FRANK EDWIN BOYD, Erie Railroad locomotive engineer, died Feb. 10 (1927) at his home in Deposit, N.Y., after a long illness.

He was born Aug. 23, 1866, at Port Jervis, N.Y. On July 26, 1889, he became an Erie locomotive fireman. On Oct. 7, 1897, he became a locomotive engineer. Since 1913 he had lived in Deposit.

He was twice married. His first wife, who was Laura Cutwater, of Port Jervis, died in 1910. To them were born two daughters, Mrs. Mildred Wood and Mrs. Mary Gibbon, of Goshen, N.Y. In 1920 he married Mabel Montgomery Peters, who with one daughter survives him.

Engineer Boyd several years ago underwent an operation from which he never fully recovered. He was a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity, the P.O.S. of A., the B. of L.E., and the Erie Railroad Veterans' Association.