Public Agent Train

Public Agent Train
Decades ago George McInnis a CPR station agent who by
the time I knew him had become a Mobile Agent and travelled by automobile
from one closed agency to another to handle freight matters working
out of Lambton Yard Office in Toronto. George was a gentleman and
a great story teller, sure wish I had gotten him to tell me more.
I suggested he get a portable tape recorder put it on the seat beside
him as he travelled from place to place and make believe I was sitting
there. Just tell "me" your stories! He never did this and
I sure wish I had bought a tape recorder he could plug in to the cigarette
lighter to use and then I could have transcribed it for a magazine
article etc.
One day day George went by the relocated Shelburne station
(built 1914) and stopped when he saw a woman working in the front
yard working on the flower bed. He stopped and greeted her then he
commented about the railway station and the woman brushed him off
without stopping her gardening. George then told her he was the last
Agent working in that station. WOW! BIG change in attitude! She told
him they tried to open the safe but did not have the combination.
They were curious
if there was anything in it. George told her there was nothing inside
it as he had cleaned it out on the last day. In any event they went
inside, seeing the safe he proceeded to think and without error he
opened it! Empty! Just as he said. But, he wrote down the combination
for her and left!
Station Agents played a key role on railways for more
than a Century performing many duties in the operation of all trains
that arrived and departed or passed by, be they freight or passenger.
They were the Railway in the eyes of the public and respected citizens
for their role in the community. These duties included being responsible
for all station staff including train order operators on shifts, assistant
agents, baggage porters etc. A small agency might have only one person
per shift or even just the Agent himself on day shift. Bigger agencies
could require several employees to take care of station work.
These duties were shared amongst the various employees
included copying train orders from the dispatcher over the telegraph
wire and later over company telephone lines both of which passed along
the right of way on pole lines. These orders were delivered to trains
by hooping up as they passed by without stopping. Certain orders required
the train to stop so the conductor could sign for them because they
restricted passenger trains.
Selling tickets to passengers for anywhere in Canada
or the United States on any railway was an important part of their
work so too was receiving, sending and delivering public telegrams.
Selling money orders issued by the Express Company. Likewise accepting
and receiving Express shipments. These express duties earned the Agency
a small commission! Handling Royal Mail was another important responsibility.
The public could actually "post" a letter when a train stopped
at a station, provided it had an RPO car, as there was a letter slot
in the side of the car! Imagine that!
One of the small town and rural happenings involved
department store mail order catalogue shopping. Popular for decades,
people mailed their orders from the station after buying a money order
there and a short time later these goods arrived on the train! Some
of these farmers were poorly educated and could not read or write.
They would bring a catalogue to the station, show George what they
wanted and he would fill out the order form. This was done confidentially
and nothing was revealed that would embarrass the person. Sometimes
the receipient would eagerly open the package when it arrived proudly
showing George what he had bought! It might have been long johns or
something for his wife who would the last one to see it!
Freight traffic (which included LCL in the freight
shed) was the most profitable business which included keeping track
of team tracks where cars were loaded and unloaded (including counting
pieces) as well as local industrial private sidings. Sealing box car
doors and recording their numbers. Tracking demurrage on freight cars
and when applicable collecting it from consignee. Weighing LCL freight
and Express shipments.
The Agent accepted and signed for Bills of Lading, issued
a waybill to move the car to destination even beyond their own railway.
Freight rates were quoted to shippers binding the railway to what
was stated. This required many volumes of huge binders and a good
knowledge of what was in them. Freight bills were issued and delivered
to the customer, payment received and cheques deposited in the bank
along with cash sales of tickets etc. Ledger books were kept and regularly
audited by company auditors from headquarters.
Handling out pay cheques to other department employees,
primarily Maintenance of Way sectionmen etc.
In other words; it was serious business!

Often stations included living quarters which were available to the
Agent for a modest rent for him and his family. A single Agent might
step aside to allow an operator with a family to live there instead.
Company houses were frequently built nearby for section men or other
employees especially in rural areas where houses were scarce or non
existent.

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Officials have identified the armed passenger who died in a gunfight after fatally shooting a federal agent inside an Amtrak train in Arizona
TUCSON, Ariz. -- Officials on Thursday identified the armed passenger who died in a gunfight after fatally shooting a federal agent inside an Amtrak train in Arizona as Darrion Taylor.
The Pima County Medical Examiner’s Office in Tucson said in a news release that Taylor, 26, was shot in the torso and limbs.
The wounds were not self-inflicted, according to medical examiner Dr. Gregory Hess. A more detailed autopsy will be completed sometime next month.
A regional task force of Drug Enforcement Administration agents and local police officers were inspecting baggage for contraband at the train station in downtown Tucson on Monday morning.
The train they were screening was the Sunset Limited, Train 2. It was making a scheduled stop in Tucson after leaving Los Angeles for New Orleans, according to Amtrak officials.
Acting on tips from Amtrak, authorities say they got permission to search baggage belonging to Taylor and another passenger in the same row, Devonte Okeith Mathis. When an officer found two bulk packages of marijuana during an inspection on the platform, Michael Garbo, a DEA group supervisor, and another agent reentered a train car to talk to Taylor.
Authorities say that's when Taylor opened fire, killing Garbo and wounding a second agent. Another Tucson police officer was also caught in the gunfire and wounded.
The agent and officer both remain hospitalized. Their names have not been released.
Tucson police say several responding officers exchanged gunfire with Taylor, who barricaded himself in a bathroom. He was later found dead inside.
Mathis, meanwhile, was arrested on suspicion of knowingly and intentionally possessing with the intent to distribute less than 50 kilograms (110 pounds) of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of marijuana.
Victoria Brambl, a federal public defender listed as Mathis' attorney, did not immediately return a voicemail message seeking comment Thursday.
A public funeral for Garbo, who joined the DEA in 2005, is planned for Friday in Tucson.
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