Strain -Thomas M
Source: Busbey, T.
Addison. The Biographical directory of the railway officials of America.
Chicago: Railway Age, 1906,p. 579.
Strain, T.M. Master
Carpenter Wabash Rd, Office: Decatur, Ill. Born Feb 26, 1853 in Montgomery
County, Indiana. Entered railway service 1879, since which he has been
consecutively to 1881, laborer on construction Indianapolis Decatur &
Springfield Ry; 1881-1883 bridge carpenter Indiana Bloomington & Western
Rd; 1883-1885, bridge carpenter Wabash St. Louis & Pacific Ry; 1885 to
1891, foreman bridges & building same road; 1891 - Aug 7 1895 inspector
bridges & buildings; Aug 7 - Nov 1 1895, acting supt bridges and buildings
and Nov 1, 1895 - Dec 1904, superintendent bridges & buildings Middle
Division same road, now the Wabash Rd, Dec 1904 to date, master carpenter same
road at Decatur, Ill.