. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ps of the NorthernCentral Railroad, Baltimore. .\Id., until his retirement, approxi-mately one year ago. his whole life was devoted to this field. Mr. Cole was the son of an English Episcopal clergyman, whocame to the United States and settled on a farm in Virginia,Francis being a young boy at the time and one of several chil-dren. Farm life, however, did not appeal to him, and he becamean apprentice machinist as noted above. .Xftcr serving hislime, he accepted a position as draftsman under M
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ps of the NorthernCentral Railroad, Baltimore. .\Id., until his retirement, approxi-mately one year ago. his whole life was devoted to this field. Mr. Cole was the son of an English Episcopal clergyman, whocame to the United States and settled on a farm in Virginia,Francis being a young boy at the time and one of several chil-dren. Farm life, however, did not appeal to him, and he becamean apprentice machinist as noted above. .Xftcr serving hislime, he accepted a position as draftsman under Mr. William on the Baltimore & Ohio R. R. at Newark, young, ambitious and continually seeking advancement heshortly left the Baltimore & Ohio to become a draftsman on theWest Shore R. R. at Frankfort, .N. Y,. under Mr. R. H. M. P. John Player, Mr. Coles immediate superior, was theMechanical Engineer. .Mso it was here where .Mr. Cole becameassociated with Mr. J. E. Sague. who was one of the otherdraftsmen and with Mr. W. F. Dixon, who was a special i-K.\.vri> The impression, however, of his usefulness that he had leftwith the B. & O. at Newark was such that, after a short timeof employment at Frankfort, he was offered the position as ChiefDraftsman of the B. & O. at Newark, Ohio. Here, too. he fur-ther established his ability, resulting in his transfer to the MountClare shops as Chief Draughtsman. Later, about 1890. whenMr. G. B. Hazlehurst became General Superintendent of MotivePower, Mr. Cole was appointed Mechanical Engineer in chargeof the design of all mechanical equipment, including cars andlocomotives. His exceedingly efficient work in standardizingthe design of both the locomotives and cars on this road attractednatio::aI attention. .-Mso. while on the B. & O. he published a series of articles onlocomotive design,which were widelyused and generallyrecognized as thebest data available. In the course oftime Mr. Dixon, whohad b
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