Left to right: J.T.Larkin, Engineer; R.L. Griffith, Divison Electrical Foreman; Mrs. F.M. Prichard, General Foreman's clerk; Archie Holt, General Yardmaster; Frank Webb, Transportation Engineer; "Boots" Carr, Transportation Inspector; V.W. White, Asst. Division Electrical Engineer. The christening of the "City of Nonconnah" with a bottle of Nonconnah Creek water by Mrs. Prichard, the first trip being made on the 3:30 PM run south, November 28, 1947. A 44 ton engine built by GE, it was renumbered 400 in August of 1956 and later renumbered 200 in December, 1959. These older units were renumbered to clear the 9000 series for the newer GP9's.
Courtesy Fannye Dismukes Pritchard/The Commercial Appeal files
Central Railroad employees christened the IC employees train, "The
Hoodlum," in November 1947. The engine is a new diesel that
replaces a steam engine and will run from Third and McLemore to the
Johnston Yard, shuttling employees back and forth between the two
facilities. Pictured are employees V.W. White (left), assistant
electrical foreman; Myrtle Farabough; Ethel Puckett; Cordie Gilmer
(all clerks in the master mechanic's office); Fannye Dismukes
Pritchard, steno-clerk to the electrical foreman; and John Dolan,
also a clerk to the master mechanic.
Two stories about the "Hoodlum" from the Memphis "Buff" NRHS Newsletter:
"Hoodlum" from December 2007 "Buff"
"Hoodlum Update from March 2008 "Buff"