Station Agent - Tomball, TX
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WalksfarTX
N 30° 05.824 W 095° 36.796
15R E 248159 N 3332421
Station Agent stands on the platform of the Tomball Depot.
Waymark Code: WM10RV6
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/18/2019
Views: 2
A life size figure wearing a cap over short cut hair. Figure is sporting a full beard and mustache. He is wearing a vest and has a string tie. He is leaning on the railing with his hands folded waiting for the train to come in.
Railroad Jobs
"The Station Agent was the man in charge of the railroad station. In smaller towns, this job also included being ticket agent, baggage handler and telegraph operator. One station agent in a small town described his primary job as learning "...the art of killing time while being lonely." The high points of the day would come just before the arrival of the morning train and again just before the arrival of the evening train (which would be headed in the opposite direction of the morning train). Usually, the whole town would turn out to see if anyone was arriving or departing the train. Enterprising farm wives would show up to sell fresh eggs and produce to the train crews and passengers. This was the break in an other wise boring day for the lonely station agent."
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